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See, this is saying something else entirely. Also, do you have a source for this? Would I do opium again? Sure. It was fun. Would I do medical grade heroin or

See, this is saying something else entirely. Also, do you have a source for this? Would I do opium again? Sure. It was fun. Would I do medical grade heroin or morphine again, under controlled circumstances with a nursing staff dosing me? Yeah. It was fun. Did I have some weird urge to go out and do it frequently? Nope. But to be fair, lots of folks drink on more than one occasion as well. They get high more than once. They might even have more than one drink or hit in one day. Simply wanting to do something again doesn't mean anything. I've done acid more times than I can count, and I wouldn't call it a habit. The only drug that I'd probably do more often if it were not dangerous to do too often is MDMA because it feels spectacular (better than opioids, to me anyway), but I'd not even call it a strong urge. This isn't addiction, nor is it anything uncontrollable in general. Unless you are implying that folks get uncontrollable urges, and in that case, please back that up with facts. Though I've met my share of addicts, most things just aren't instantly addictive. Even heroin isn't that way - especially if you actually improve an addicts like (hence, troops addicted to heroin in wars came home to be non-addicts).

tanseydavid 6y ago
>> This isn't addiction, nor is it anything uncontrollable in general. With as much respect as I can offer I think you should consider the following notion, which in my personal experience is an actual fact: "Until and unless you have been an addict you truly cannot understand the experience. And subsequently you are not able to point out what is and is not addiction."
- memorysafety 6y ago
  Asking for opinion: can one transfer experiences with non-drug addictions (videogames, promiscuity, social nets, etc) to the substance-abuse kind? How similar are these?
  - tanseydavid 6y ago
    I think this can be done reasonably. I believe the most-essential factor is this: loss-of-control over the behavior in question. IOW, when the behavior takes places in spite of the individual wishing to stop, or committing to stopping -- then it is almost certainly "an addiction". It is the behavior that is most important, not 'substances' particularly. The trouble is that it is very, very difficult for someone to recognize AND admit that they are unable to control some aspect of their behavior. Most of us will create elaborate explanations to avoid admitting (to ourselves mostly) that sometimes we window up in a situations where we are completely powerless to control our behavior.

tanseydavid 6y ago

>> This isn't addiction, nor is it anything uncontrollable in general. With as much respect as I can offer I think you should consider the following notion, which in my personal experience is an actual fact: "Until and unless you have been an addict you truly cannot understand the experience. And subsequently you are not able to point out what is and is not addiction."

memorysafety 6y ago
Asking for opinion: can one transfer experiences with non-drug addictions (videogames, promiscuity, social nets, etc) to the substance-abuse kind? How similar are these?
- tanseydavid 6y ago
  I think this can be done reasonably. I believe the most-essential factor is this: loss-of-control over the behavior in question. IOW, when the behavior takes places in spite of the individual wishing to stop, or committing to stopping -- then it is almost certainly "an addiction". It is the behavior that is most important, not 'substances' particularly. The trouble is that it is very, very difficult for someone to recognize AND admit that they are unable to control some aspect of their behavior. Most of us will create elaborate explanations to avoid admitting (to ourselves mostly) that sometimes we window up in a situations where we are completely powerless to control our behavior.