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alt texttweet 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.

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[–] ZzyzxRoad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a nice sentiment and everything, but for anyone who is all in on this guy I would recommend reading his book and getting to the "personal responsibility" part.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago