Comment on Is it true that addicts never stop being addicts, they just replace their addiction?

• xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bro, why don’t you just like stop?

  (Said with heavy sarcasm and love from someone with ADHD who has endured being told to “Why don’t you just focus” countless times - also, addiction is a common comorbidity with ADHD, woo)

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  • NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hello sibling, I love you as well.

    Shall we go look at squirrels?

    Also, just remember, we have shiny Pokémon in real life, if nothing else we have albino specimens.

    We can combine our love of squirrels and shiny if we can find it albino squirrel!!

    I’m not even being facetious or anything. I really wanna find an albino squirrel in the wild now

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    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Have you ever seen a black squirrel? They’re tiny and super cute!

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      • NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        My aunt has semi wild chipmunks that will eat from your hand

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• db2@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I doubt you’re being genuine here, but I’ll try.

  Cigarettes are a good example of an addictive substance, it messes with your brain chemistry after a while making it harder to quit. That’s an addiction, it works that way for pretty much everyone. I used to smoke too, the difference between me and an addict is I could have one cigarette today and never have one again easily, whereas an addict would not be able to stop at one and would have to work a long time to quit again if they ever even could.

  I hope some day you can gather up enough empathy to get that. But I doubt that too given your reply above.

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  • NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bro, I’ve been a polydrug addict for 16+ years now and regularly teach others about harm reduction.

    I’m not gonna say I’m the most knowledgeable person you’re going to find on this subject, But I reckon I’ve got my fair share of knowledge.

    So tell me about this empathy I don’t have, for you know, addicts.

    Please feel free to type as much as you need and I will read it.

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  • Ioughttamow@kbin.run ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not sure if the distinction is what you think it is?

    I think I could have a cigarette right now and then not have another. But at the peak of my smoking I think I would have to have another. I think normal people can become addicts if they become dependent on a substance, and I think addicts can cease to be so, though it is very difficult, more so for some substances than others. Unless I’m misunderstanding you

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  • HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So you’re saying that addicts fall back into addictions more easily than the general populace does?

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    • db2@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Usually way more easily, and usually just being aware of it isn’t enough.

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