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> There was always food, 2 parents, a roof over my head, education. I had so much luck [...] This guy had none of that, [...] His friends had got him addicted t
by bpizzi 7y ago
> There was always food, 2 parents, a roof over my head, education. I had so much luck [...] This guy had none of that, [...] His friends had got him addicted to heroin and then sold it to him, for example.
I dunno. I mean, one could have everything you cited and still let his friends get him addicted. And there's people having no chance at all while still staying far from drugs. A personal and non-learnt-by-example inclination to self-preservation and survival may be a bigger factor than sheer luck (IMHO).
- lultimouomo 7y ago> A personal and non-learnt-by-example inclination to self-preservation and survival may be a bigger factor than sheer luck (IMHO). It'd sure be lucky to have such an inclination
- bpizzi 7y agoSo it must be luck, luck all the way down.
- macspoofing 7y ago>I mean, one could have everything you cited and still let his friends get him addicted Anything can happen to anybody, so that isn't saying anything. We know that a stable two-parent household is one of the best predictors of the child's future success.
- bpizzi 7y ago> We know that a stable two-parent household is one of the best predictors of the child's future success. Which I'm not denying. OTOH, not having that is not the best predictor of falling into drugs. My point was that a starting point is not the full journey.