Glad you were never my doctor. I have seen people get sober through AA which does not treat addiction as a moral failing but a disease - albeit a strange one that only spiritual fulfillment rather than medicine can allay. Yes, there are bad people addicted to drugs and using just loosens the few bonds left on their behavior. And part of …
Glad you were never my doctor. I have seen people get sober through AA which does not treat addiction as a moral failing but a disease - albeit a strange one that only spiritual fulfillment rather than medicine can allay. Yes, there are bad people addicted to drugs and using just loosens the few bonds left on their behavior. And part of the reason they exhibit the poor judgement that results in trying drugs is that they did not have great moral fiber to begin with. Many others are just people. People who addiction creeps up on. They start with drinking in high school or drugs in college or a prescription after surgery. Or after a painful loss in life such as divorce, death, unemployment. Or they use to numb terrible traumas from their past such as being molested or growing up with violence. (no I don’t subscribe to the current craze that everyone is is walking around riddled with deep seated trauma). And modern life with its lack of connection or purpose or even physical vigor is creating ripe conditions for people to try to fill the void. They are not bad. They are sick and nowadays in a society that is often sick as well. People can get sober.
Glad you were never my doctor. I have seen people get sober through AA which does not treat addiction as a moral failing but a disease - albeit a strange one that only spiritual fulfillment rather than medicine can allay. Yes, there are bad people addicted to drugs and using just loosens the few bonds left on their behavior. And part of the reason they exhibit the poor judgement that results in trying drugs is that they did not have great moral fiber to begin with. Many others are just people. People who addiction creeps up on. They start with drinking in high school or drugs in college or a prescription after surgery. Or after a painful loss in life such as divorce, death, unemployment. Or they use to numb terrible traumas from their past such as being molested or growing up with violence. (no I don’t subscribe to the current craze that everyone is is walking around riddled with deep seated trauma). And modern life with its lack of connection or purpose or even physical vigor is creating ripe conditions for people to try to fill the void. They are not bad. They are sick and nowadays in a society that is often sick as well. People can get sober.