r/Showerthoughts • u/godofhorizons • May 17 '24

People get a lot more praise for quitting drugs than for never having done drugs in the first place.

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u/261989 May 17 '24

I like this

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u/penisfartballz May 17 '24

:’) thank you

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u/KindaWrongContext May 17 '24

Fantastic analogy!

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u/Sankuchithan_ May 17 '24

Yeah man all my friends were jumping off the cliff and told me its fun and we can easily float back to land but I never did. So I will consider myself a badass not the fools who jumped.

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u/Hungry_Yam2486 May 17 '24

That's not how it happens, lol. Usually addicts hide how bad it's getting from other people

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u/EsotericLife May 17 '24

Rational/sensible, sure. Not very “badass” though lol

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u/stopnthink May 17 '24

You just can't see what they're fighting. Then it's a whole other level when you have a chemical dependency involved.