The problem with treating addiction is how frequently the substance or activity is confused for the reason for the addiction: stress release
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If you "treat" someone's addiction without teaching them how to properly vent stress, they only get more fucked up, then relapse anyway.
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Problem the 2nd is viewing addiction itself as a pathology. It's a coping strategy with massive downsides, but it isn't an illness per se.
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Of course, most problems in modern medicine can be traced to scientific myopia and cartesian dualism in implicit assumptions.
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