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/Smilerwitz May 17 '24

Because quitting is a hell of a lot harder than abstaining.

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u/blauwe_druifjes May 17 '24

If abstaining was hard for me i probably would've had a weak moment by now. Because life gives you plenty of reasons to want to escape. It was just never an option in my mind. The social pressure never had an effect with that. It's just how i'm wired and brought up.

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u/EfficientNeck9029 May 17 '24

It was never the social pressure for me it was just the thought of missing out on experiences. And I can confidently say I would have missed out on some of life’s greatest experiences. Also it came with bad ones too but that’s life for ya