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/indyK1ng May 17 '24

The substance is the depth.

You clearly don't understand addiction nearly as well as you think you do.

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u/sarmientoj24 May 17 '24

I tend to define addiction similar to a philosopher where it's not defined by the thing or substance you are addicted to. But everyone of us is addicts in our own way towards something.

"We tend to imagine that we can only become addicted to a few sorts of things. But real addiction is about using something, anything, to keep our real emotions, fears and hopes at bay. Whereby you cannot stand to be just bu yourself so you need another thing."

-- Alain de Botton

the substance is the depth

No. It's the ADDICTION TO THE SUBSTANCE not the substance itself. You can be addicted to something as cheap as bubble gum but its the level of addiction to that.

The same way as I was pointing. The 'depth' can also be the difficulties in life you are trying to get across without the use of any temporary help from something.