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Is that true? Someone on HN once described it like "eventually you get tired of the addiction and want to quit" (if you live long enough, that is). No personal
by stickfigure 4y ago
Is that true? Someone on HN once described it like "eventually you get tired of the addiction and want to quit" (if you live long enough, that is). No personal experience, but I have known a couple former addicts and this seems to reflect their reality.
Maybe an effective approach would be to maximize harm reduction until the addiction has run its course? That seems to be the Portugal solution, and it seems to be successful.
- AussieWog93 4y agoI don't think it's accurate to equate pedohilia with drug addiction. It's a sexual orientation, not a chemical dependence. Do gay men eventually get tired of being homosexual and turn straight?
- awillen 4y agoThe truth is that addiction, like all mental illness, is complex and unique to each individual. Diagnosing mental illness generally consists of identifying some number of symptoms out of a possible list - often something like five out of eight possible. That means two people can be diagnosed with the same thing with only two overlapping symptoms. So basically, don't listen to the guy who starts with "I'm not a psychologist" and then decides to play armchair psychologist.