Then there's the whole "addiction is a disease, people shouldn't be held responsible for their actions and shouldn't face legal consequences".
Obviously there's an involuntary compulsive component to addiction.
But blindly believing that medical problems only have medical solutions removes all agency and responsibility from the individual. It also allows them and others to blame "the system" whenever they relapse.
Addiction is handled so weirdly. It's "it can happen to anyone", but then when someone says "I actively resisted and I am just not going to even give it a chance", then SJW types get pissed. Like how DARE you be responsible and know yourself?
I form habits easily, like I know for a fact I can get into coping shit for comfort. So when I say I am not going to even tempt fate with excessive drinking or doing drugs of any kind, people still get bitchy and defensive and try to tell me I'm stupid.
It's an illness, but avoiding it is still bad. K.
Great points.
Then there's the whole "addiction is a disease, people shouldn't be held responsible for their actions and shouldn't face legal consequences".
Obviously there's an involuntary compulsive component to addiction.
But blindly believing that medical problems only have medical solutions removes all agency and responsibility from the individual. It also allows them and others to blame "the system" whenever they relapse.
Addiction is handled so weirdly. It's "it can happen to anyone", but then when someone says "I actively resisted and I am just not going to even give it a chance", then SJW types get pissed. Like how DARE you be responsible and know yourself?
I form habits easily, like I know for a fact I can get into coping shit for comfort. So when I say I am not going to even tempt fate with excessive drinking or doing drugs of any kind, people still get bitchy and defensive and try to tell me I'm stupid.
It's an illness, but avoiding it is still bad. K.