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tweet by Johann Hari: The core of addiction is not wanting to be present in life, because pour life is too painful a place to be. This is why imposing more pain or punishment on a person with an addiction problem actually makes their addiction worse.

  • MightEnlightenYou@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    One of the best books I’ve read on drugs is by him. If you read Chasing the Scream you’ll truly understand this post.