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Originally Posted by Kaveh
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Addiction is personal weakness.
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"When scientists began to study addictive behavior in the 1930s, people addicted were thought to be morally flawed and lacking in willpower..." —National Institute on Drug Abuse
Addiction is a double life, often with the second overtaking the first in terms of importance, having been developed in an attempt to regain equilibrium. A large portion of veterans who suffer from physical/mental trauma avoid treatment for chemical dependence due in part to VA wait times, but also because it is perceived as a weakness. This stigma perpetuates the issue by isolating the addict even as addiction becomes more commonplace.
https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/r..._abuse_vet.asp
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5587184/
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc...=rep1&type=pdf
https://www.ocregister.com/2008/07/2...drug-overdose/
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Originally Posted by Kaveh
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Duterte has the right idea
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/...051124756.html
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Ishmael becomes a junior lieutenant for his skill in executing prisoners of war and is put in charge of a small group of other child soldiers. As a child soldier Ishmael is exposed to extreme violence and drug usage. The drugs he used are described in the book as "brown brown", "white pills", cocaine, and marijuana.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Long_Way_Gone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJPvPZwUSKY
By not having the same degree of exposure to violence/illicit substances, his American peers were weaker than him as competitors and not even fully capable of understanding why that was.
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Originally Posted by Kaveh
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It’s a manifestation of a supremely selfish and unexamined life.
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Stephen King, Hubert Selby Jr., and Charles Bukowski all knew addiction differently, but about as intimately as one can without dying. That doesn't mean those experiences were responsible for their genius, but that the examination of life itself and consideration for other lives did not cease during those bouts of personal weakness, as indicated by the volume and content their creative output.
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Originally Posted by kerafym
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You really have a talent for writing. Do you have some sort of blog?
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While certain blogs headed up by independent journalists and history buffs are great sources of information, the format causes the writing to shift from open/active discussion to dictation and all with the forethought of reaching larger audiences and subsequent advertisers. Blogs/vlogs are for those with enough working knowledge to present facts in ways that engage even the most casual reader/viewer, making them feel as though they are active participants. Instagram is even suitable for this, as the photos allow for detailed captions, having no character limit afaik. A good example of these types would be lindybeige (youtube) and myleslea (instagram). Forums are for everyone else who, not having the same expertise, actively participate in correcting and ribbing each other through an exchange of links/quotes that are more or less useful in the end. I am everyone else.