example: a drug addict alcoholic who discovers god and turns a teetotaler gay bashing abortion hating new born Christian.

Is replacing addictions the rule or the exception?

  • mommykink@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Maybe? You gotta spend that saved time somewhere 😉

    My issue with this argument is that it feels defeatist and misunderstands why people try to get off addiction. Getting clean isn’t done for the sake of being clean, it’s about *harm reduction." Do some people replace amphetamine abuse with TV Bing watching? Probably. But does that mean that those people were better off using hard drugs and that they shouldn’t even try because they’ll “always be addicted to something?” Fuck no.