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Having an addiction doesn't make anyone "a pathetic excuse for a human being"

• gabriel666smith 1y ago
  I agree wholeheartedly. I've been (I am?) addicted to many substances, from fruit-flavoured nicotine juice through to heroin. I find self-deprecating humour useful, personally. It helps me not wallow, to take the cravings less seriously. I of course wouldn't say the same about anyone who isn't me. Because, as you say, someone who has an addiction isn't lesser than anyone else. It's a state of being that requires an awful lot of strength. That said, having to use that strength on 'mango e-liquid' is, I think, funny in an absurdist way. We live in strange times!
  • panarchy 1y ago
    Good. Just wanted to make sure you weren't being too hard on yourself.
    • gabriel666smith 1y ago
      No - that's what the drugs are for. Only joking (for real). I appreciate that, thank you. And I can totally see how my comment above might read patronising to people dealing with shit that is functionally much, much worse than the situation I described, so I appreciated the opportunity to right that, also.