How do you explain to someone interested only in feeling better in the present that the best thing they can do is to become stronger? Hmm.
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Addicts have trouble kicking their habit because the habit itself makes their life suck so much that short-term, only the habit helps.
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Regardless, quitting is always the right call.
Working on your strength is similar.
But saying "you're like an addict" doesn't help.
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I understand enough about addiction to know that addicts are people. Addiction is a habit.
To most people, that sounds like an insult.
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It's not my intent to insult anyone, as addiction and aversion are both very normal parts of primate behaviour.
So how to nail the point...