Yeah, I was gonna add that the withdrawal symptoms for long-term smokers are obviously rather heavy. For someone like me, smoking a joint or drinking two beers without chasing with vitamins and water would produce a worse hangover than quitting smoking (which gave almost none).
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Yes. I have yet to read his books (hopefully soon), but I think Gabor Mate is fantastic. The embodied stress model is very good, but I think it may be better to say it explains a range of psychological issues (e.g. disordered personalities) that make people prone to addiction.
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Since I haven't read his books yet, though, I'm curious to see how he approaches it when he isn't compressing his ideas for an interviewer.
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Thing is, if you don't believe choices are free to begin with, people exhibiting weak impulse control or cravings are not "lacking choice". Rather, their choices are more constrained than those others make in the same problem space. Like poor people's purchasing decisions.
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"Sure, I can buy food without corn syrup. So, should I skip rent or my data plan this month?" The psychological costs of doing business are very similar.
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