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Originally Posted by knox
of course, if you need that external boost it must mean something.
this is why i get annoyed when people talk about drug addicts or obese people etc. simply being their "choice"
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I totally agree with you here. Any type of addiction is not just a choice. It is much more complicated than that. There are hereditary and psycological factors. Most addicts make the initial choice to try something when they are young and don't really understand the true risk of addiction. Before they know it they are grown up and it's too late to simply stop.
A drug addict for instance goes through phsysical and mental withdrawl from substances. When you are going through this it makes it very hard to control your behavior. You just want to stop hurting at that point, it's not really about getting high anymore.
The tendancy to over eat is much harder to overcome than many under stand.