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People often turn to drugs when there are other problems in their life they can’t deal with. Drug abuse is not just about the physical hook.
by kaczordon 5y ago
People often turn to drugs when there are other problems in their life they can’t deal with. Drug abuse is not just about the physical hook.
- ionicgiraffe 5y agoMany people have never realized that self-destruction can feel liberating.
- sjg007 5y agoThere better ways to destroy one's ego than destroying the mind and body.
- ativzzz 5y agoThe "liberation" from self destruction is more of a temporary numbness, a borrowed liberation from tomorrow, that disappears once the hangover starts clearing up. It's a false sense of liberation. Speaking from experience.
- ionicgiraffe 5y agoI was not implying that that feeling was good or advocating for it. Just that that feeling appears, even if misguided, and we need to understand it to understand self-destruction loops
- bduerst 5y agoPeople also turn to drugs because they were irresponsibly prescribed opioids and developed a chemical addiction. This idea that addiction is something that only happens to people who "just can't deal with life" needs to die.