drugs only make you feel happy when you first start, eventually you use them to not feel bad
also when you have a heart attack and almost die and are crippled for life: that’s sad
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DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 months agoDoes using drugs count as true happiness then? Why doesn’t everyone just use drugs to be happy forever?
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why else would people use drugs? The problem is that the side effects from drugs tend to increase unhappiness when you’re not on them.
lol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
[deleted]Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why are you not shooting up heroin right now?
You make a good point. I now know what I’m doing today!
Philote@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Yes, all happiness is a release of chemicals in our brain. Dopamine from memes, oxytocin from petting a dog or a good hug, tryptophan from a good meal, endorphins from an intense workout, all are not much different from heroine and are addictive, just not as intense and without extreme physical side effects.
9point6@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well yes, that’s why people do drugs.
Usually doing it forever runs up against other problems like paying for it, holding down a job or health problems