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> make the addictive stimulus inconvenient Assumes there is a limit to the amount of effort addicts are willing to put into getting their next dose. Easily dis
by matheusmoreira 2y ago
> make the addictive stimulus inconvenient
Assumes there is a limit to the amount of effort addicts are willing to put into getting their next dose. Easily disproved by the experience of caring for opioid addicts. Lesser drugs, even. Once upon a time, a seemingly rational benzodiazepine addict got so frustrated with my attempts to get him off of it he rose up from his seat ready to punch me in the face.
There are addicts out there who would sell their own mother for a dose. And I'm not just saying that. One of my former neighbours turned into one of these guys. People wouldn't believe the stories if I told them.
- austin-cheney 2y agoThere is always a limit. The realistic constraints of physical and social opportunities available to a given person are limitations irrespective of the person's quantity of motivation, which speaks to asset availability and social enabling. But none of this is relevant. The person to whom I replied is self-motivated to terminate their addictive patterns.
- squidgedcricket 2y ago> The person to whom I replied is self-motivated to terminate their addictive patterns. Kind of. The captain of the ship is motivated, but the helmsman needs to get his shit together.