@rossi_george @wrl58 Addiction doesn’t require treatment in the majority of cases. “most of those who meet the American Psychiatric Association’s criteria for addiction quit using illegal drugs by about age 30, that they usually quit without professional
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single men fare worse: responsibility is part of the good life! excusing oneself from obligation is not “mental health” for the general population
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addiction as a choice: • quitting correlated with legal trouble, family shame • despite drug-induced changes in the brain, probability of quitting is constant https://t.co/3qg1oGSC4X my 2¢: unlike OCD and schizophrenia (mental illnesses), addiction does
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@ChaunceyGardner @JonathanFoulds How addictive is cocaine relative to nicotine?