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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At that point, the drug starts feeling like the best alternative to many ppl. Friends abandon you. Job goes to shit.
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but a large part is that the drug no longer gives highs, it only prevents lows. You're getting nothing +ve
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Our stereotypes about addicts are mostly based on poor people without anyone who cares abt them. Distorts assumptions