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People still have a level of constant ambient pain which can be addicting to be rid of, even if it's slight.
by anonnyj 10y ago
People still have a level of constant ambient pain which can be addicting to be rid of, even if it's slight.
- ashark 10y agoOne of the most terrifying descriptions of the effects of certain hard drugs (I believe the one under discussion then was heroin) that I've read (I think on HN a while back?) was something like: "You're currently in a lot of pain. You don't realize it because you've never not had this pain. The drugs take that pain away, then you know what it's like not to have it and you can't go back."