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May I suggest that you look up the rat park experiment and maybe look into Gabor Mate's research into addiction. Addiction does not really happen by choice --
by andrei_says_ 11y ago
May I suggest that you look up the rat park experiment and maybe look into Gabor Mate's research into addiction.
Addiction does not really happen by choice -- or no one would drink or smoke or eat sugar etc.
Refusing to look at the many factors and complex causality behind addiction is a part of the disastrous, unscientific and inhumane narrative of the war on drugs.
- trungaczne 11y agoAddiction doesn't happen by choice but rehabilitation does. Not all ailments are the same. There's room for human intervention in addiction, both from oneself and their family. We can't always be blaming God for our misery.
- gjolund 11y agoI have spent a lot of time around junkies, addiction may not be a choice, refusing to acknowledge your problem and seeking help is. Junkies are the kings of selfish behavior, and they have little to no regard for how their actions affect their loved ones. Lies and the eventual grief of their loss are their legacy. I have buried enough friends to know this as a fact.
- andrei_says_ 11y agoUsing the derogatory term "Junkie", judging another's actions as "selfish behavior", deciding that you know better than others about what is a choice for them -- somehow I don't see an intention to understand. If you look at someone struggling with addiction and all you see is these labels and judgements, how can you see the person? How can you gain a new understanding about something you believe you already know? I am sorry you've lost close ones and I hear your pain. I imagine you already suspect that it's not as simple as someone being a selfish junkie".