Its really not. The context of the question was “there are zero consequences for your actions”. To put it somewhat reductively, addiction is, in essence, a direct or indirect consequence of experiencing a high. Since the hypothetical specifiee no consequences, there would be no addiction.
I appreciate the concern, but please don’t read too much into it. Its a silly answer to a silly question.
except… it’s not. we can let it go because it is a light hearted question, but as someone who provides treatment to this population I just wanted to give a shout out to the fact that addiction goes beyond biochemical dependence and usually stems from shit being fucked up in your own life that causes you to be interested in using substances to begin with
I understand where you’re coming from, and I don’t mean to minimize the issue - just didn’t expect my reply to incite a serious discussion about the pitfalls of addiction. Its absolutely an important subject involving many complicated factors.
For context, though, I can assure you that my comment did not come from a place of subconscious interest. I place incredible value on maintaining a clear state of mind, and go to great strides to keep it that way. I would never willingly jeprodaize it.
Everyone’s talking about killing people and I’m here thinking about how you could try every drug imaginable with zero risk of addiction
That’d be fun. You’d be able to get high and it’d be 100% safe!
addiction is far more complicated than just biological mechanisms unfortunately. the fact that it’s already appealing to you should be a warning sign!
Its really not. The context of the question was “there are zero consequences for your actions”. To put it somewhat reductively, addiction is, in essence, a direct or indirect consequence of experiencing a high. Since the hypothetical specifiee no consequences, there would be no addiction.
I appreciate the concern, but please don’t read too much into it. Its a silly answer to a silly question.
except… it’s not. we can let it go because it is a light hearted question, but as someone who provides treatment to this population I just wanted to give a shout out to the fact that addiction goes beyond biochemical dependence and usually stems from shit being fucked up in your own life that causes you to be interested in using substances to begin with
I understand where you’re coming from, and I don’t mean to minimize the issue - just didn’t expect my reply to incite a serious discussion about the pitfalls of addiction. Its absolutely an important subject involving many complicated factors.
For context, though, I can assure you that my comment did not come from a place of subconscious interest. I place incredible value on maintaining a clear state of mind, and go to great strides to keep it that way. I would never willingly jeprodaize it.