• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, just about everyone is addicted to caffeine, but no one bats an eye. It’s only the drugs that were made illegal that people usually have issues with people being addicted to. All addiction is bad and we should try to have better resources and understanding to help anyone with any addiction.

    • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Ehhh as an addict, I can say that there are some pretty big material differences between quitting smoking, sugar, alcohol, etc. Legality and how the substance is socialised are for sure huge factors in its perception, and how addiction is internalised, but yeah… there are real physical differences.

      Not that you were necessarily making that point, but close enough, and I’ve seen it made before. No offense.