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Your comment said it was a problem that people liked being addicted. If someone wants to quit but can't, they aren't liking being addicted. But for patients tha
by MichaelGG 11y ago
Your comment said it was a problem that people liked being addicted. If someone wants to quit but can't, they aren't liking being addicted. But for patients that are OK with being addicted (and have the means, like many people on HN do), why is addiction a problem?
- __z 11y ago> But for patients that are OK with being addicted (and have the means, like many people on HN do), why is addiction a problem? Addiction effects many, many, many more people than the addict themselves.
- beat 11y agoI have a bandmate who is an alcoholic. She mostly keeps it under control, but it's a worry. We have a great friendship and make wonderful music together, but I always knew that it ever got to where I had to tell her that it's the bottle or me, she'd choose the bottle. Luckily, she has decided it's a real problem and is sobering up a lot - not completely, but better and more conscious. I've seen others who weren't so lucky.. failed marriages and parenting, car crashes, even worse things.