are all humans addicted to things and some are just better at managing/overriding addiction than others
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Core premise is that addiction reduces overall QOL until indulging seems like the only good short-term activity.
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oh.... hrrrm, I've been addicted twice, not my experience, or doesn't sound like it.
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I think there are holes in the analysis, but it seems to hold for e.g. smoking or MDMA. Fuzzier on opiates, I think.
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although perhaps I'm misinterpreting. At some point the addiction says "me or x/y/z - you can't have both"
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But over time, second order effects of addiction kick in and drastically lower overall quality of life.
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Yes. Then you have to get over the price of quitting, which is often very high.