Drug addiction, is it real?

[Ricter]

Sartre.

Ever read Camus's The Stranger? The outburst to the priest at the end... wow.

 

[futurecurrents]

You guys are smart.

 

[der_kommissar]

Who was it who said, "hell is other people"?
: )

Probably Jean-Paul Sartre...

 

[der_kommissar]

You guys are smart.

But if a "right winger" answers it, "lucky guess" right?

 

[Ricter]

You guys are smart.

 

[achilles28]

My good friend is a prominent psychiatrist who specializes in addictions. He tells me there are two main drivers for addiction:

1) Escapism from emotional trauma
2) Biological - some brains are just wired to LIGHT UP under the influence of certain drugs. IOW, some brains are especially sensitive to certain narcotics which deliver extreme euphoria/pleasure etc.

 

[futurecurrents]

I take it back.

 

[wildchild]

Why not just ask Obama? He has a history of drug abuse.

 

[jem]

I think this explains why so many middle age moms hit the alcohol really hard during the day and why AA is so big on meetings.

 

[Ricter]

I think this explains why so many middle age moms hit the alcohol really hard during the day and why AA is so big on meetings.

Good observation re AA, I think you're likely correct.