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Well, when your life starts to fall apart at the seams and you start exhibiting any one of the behaviours mentioned in OP's article, that's a pretty good indica
by disbelief 14y ago
Well, when your life starts to fall apart at the seams and you start exhibiting any one of the behaviours mentioned in OP's article, that's a pretty good indicator you've reached "complete moron" status.
However I think you're over simplifying the question. Not everyone has the same response to drugs/substances. Some people can do what systematical does without any long term side effects because they simply have the willpower, self awareness, and personality type that allows them to avoid becoming dependent.
Conversely other people would become dependent and turn into complete wrecks almost over night. Similar things can be said for alcohol, or any other "altered stated". It doesn't necessarily mean that the substance itself is the problem, or that all use is "abuse".
It really comes down to knowing yourself, knowing your own limits, and being as well informed as you can be.
- systematical 14y agoDisbelief is correct here. On the other hand we have a developer at work (with a prescription) that takes this stuff almost daily. I couldn't live like that, I enjoy my lunch too much and feeling "normal."
- catshirt 14y agoi'm getting abstract here but i think the point i am trying to make is that addiction in any capacity is not enough to qualify someone as a "complete moron". i considered that this might be overly semantic. but if not definitively incorrect, it is at the very least profoundly tactless.