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tweet by Johann Hari: The core of addiction is not wanting to be present in life, because pour life is too painful a place to be. This is why imposing more pain or punishment on a person with an addiction problem actually makes their addiction worse.

  • canni
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    1 year ago

    Sounds like the opinion of someone looking in from the outside, and not a very compassionate or empathetic one.

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      1 year ago

      Of course it is, and you are 100% correct in saying I have no compassion or empathy for anyone that refuses to take responsibility for themselves. I never will.

      • canni
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        1 year ago

        I hope something bad happens to you that you have no control over so you can understand how cruel and asinine your take is