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It's called high-functioning addiction and there are tens of millions of such people (mostly addicted to alcohol).
by zweep 7y ago
It's called high-functioning addiction and there are tens of millions of such people (mostly addicted to alcohol).
- unlinked_dll 7y agoOr benzodiazepines and prescription painkillers. People switch to heroin when they run out of money.
- th0ma5 7y agoI had heard high functioning is a misnomer. They may have one area of focus they can succeed under some definition, but the overall quality of life and relationships is very poor.
- th0ma5 7y agoMust be the alcoholics hitting the down arrow :P Here is a great article https://www.nytimes.com./2009/05/05/health/05brod.html https://www.nytimes.com./2009/05/05/health/05brod.html ...
- Marsymars 7y agoMy understanding was that "high functioning" is relative to what is essentially "non functioning", where the person is unable to keep up even the semblance of a normal life.
- th0ma5 7y agoYes yes... But not anywhere near normal functioning.