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The opposite of addiction is connection.
by blackflame 7y ago
The opposite of addiction is connection.
- npo9 7y agoAddiction is a disease of loneliness.
- bduerst 7y agoAvoiding and staying out of HALT situations is an addiction recovery motto: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
- strbean 7y agoWorking on quitting nicotine right now, the only problem is when I don't have it I'm all of those besides Lonely.
- sho 7y agoAny other useless platitudes you'd like to share?
- toasterlovin 7y agoYour comment is needlessly hostile, FWIW. If you disagree with what they're saying, write a substantive response, even if only a couple of sentences.
- dang 7y agoPlease don't be a jerk on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- sho 7y agoParrotting Hari I see. I like him, but it's more complicated than his series of picture-perfect anecdotes and name-dropped professors in every country he could persuade his publisher to send him to. Naltrexone has substantially resolved hundreds of thousands of alcohol addiction presentations worldwide. Pharmacological remedies do exist. Connection is important, yes, but it is far from the whole picture. I do like Hari, like I said, but I feel like he is interested in selling himself and his story more than any particular desire to actually help.