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Self control is a taught virtue and it applies even if its not some "evil sinful" temptation in front of you, but one you should partake in regardless.
My most of my immediate family, including both my parents, died young from either lifelong drug habits or overdoses. No one will recieve an ounce of sympathy from me for junkies and their deaths, even if its from a necessary drug like pain killer. Including myself, who does not take most of the prescribed anti-pain meds after major surgery and simply lives with some of the pain to avoid developing a habit, and doesn't even consume alcohol in the slightest.
Allowing people to become "blameless" due to victimhood is to start the path of removing their agency, and in doing so create an entire culture where things "just happen and its tragic" instead of a teachable lesson we can glean to prevent it from doing so. Even if it means beating down a parent burying their child cruelly.
Yeah I don't drink or use opiates either. I used to drink. I never used opiates.
I've never touched anything harder than caffeine, and I've kicked that a few times just to prove to myself I could. Almost got in the gambling hole, but recognized it happening and got out.
Which is why my stance on it is so hard, for both those who come have everything like Susan's son and those who think they have nothing but to turn to it. I've lived as proof that there is no excuse, ever, for it.
Not all people are the same. Some people are mostly immune to drug induced addictions and can use drugs without ever getting sucked in. Others are extremely susceptible to it and will get addicted using the first time. It's not just mental but can also be physical. Native Americans for example are genetically susceptible to alcohol.
I seem to be unable to get addicted to nicotine. But I won't look down upon people who are addicted to nicotine. Pretending you just need to force yourself to kick a bad habit is idiotic as that bad habit is often just a symptom for deeper lying issues. Be it menal or physical.
Well considering that both of my parents and a bunch of direct family members all got sucked in, and I myself consistently struggle against an addictive personality (see aforementioned near gambling hole), I'd wager whatever genetic component exists is likely present.
I'm not "immune" due to being unable to be addicted, I'm immune because I never fucking put myself in a position where I begin to consume in the first place. You don't just wake up addicted to alcohol or heroin by accident, you have to actually use it in some way. And for those with legitimate uses like pain killers, you don't become addicted due to using it once, you begin down a path you need to watch yourself from going down through personal discipline.
Nothing you've said is wrong, but it just jumps over the most key component. Personal agency. Its not a random tragedy of life, its a deliberate choice made at some point that spiraled out of control. Even you yourself weaseled in the phrase "using the first time" as if its just a thing that happens through magic and chance.
I won't waste effort looking down on those who are mostly only hurting themselves, like a smoker who keeps that away from his family. But I won't offer them any sympathy either when their consequences come.