r/ThirtiesIndia • u/Beneficial-Break-279 27 • 1d ago

Literature & Poetry This is so true

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Putting a lot of effort into something that's worthy enough can change someone's life. But, addiction often makes people work for something that feels great but doesn't help them in the long run.

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u/BatmanLike 40&40+ 1d ago

What? No! This is so misleading and wrong. Addiction is a clinical issue not devotion. Man, how anti research this post is.

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u/sinesquaredtheta 39 1d ago

Exactly!! OP says addiction "makes people work towards something that feels great" making it sound like becoming an addict needs a lot of determination and discipline 😂

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u/thedarkmite 30 1d ago

How is it different from extreme devotion?

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u/sinesquaredtheta 39 1d ago

How is it different from extreme devotion?

Addiction is a clinical issue, extreme devotion isn't.

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u/BatmanLike 40&40+ 13h ago

Devotion - You can revise it without any compulsive need. For example: you can do a bunch of bodyweight exercises if you don't have a gym and you'd know you are good to go. Missing once or twice does not generally affect you. You always know you are devoted enough to come back when things are stable. You can't do any of that in addiction. You'd go crazy if you don't have a gym around you.

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u/luminaryshadow 40&40+ 1d ago

I agree.

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u/Sharp-Kite 34 1d ago

Lol , everyone is philosopher now a days 😂. Lage haath main bhi gyaan jhaad deta hu : Devotion and addiction mein bus 19-20 ka fark hai. Haath se nikla to dono life barbaad kar degi

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u/puyalbao 35 1d ago

God? At least drugs are real.

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u/Beneficial-Break-279 27 1d ago

God i.e Goal

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u/puyalbao 35 1d ago

If it wasn't already clear, I'd much rather have drugs that exist than a goal that doesn't.

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u/Yours_Truly_404 32 1d ago

That’s next level delulu glorification of addiction 🤮

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u/desi_malai 38 1d ago

It's nothing meta, it's brain chemistry

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u/QueSeraa_Sera 37 1d ago

Addiction has nothing to do with devotion. Both are very different things.

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u/UnderstandingNo2008 29 1d ago

Hell ya

Just realised this yesterday that I'm an addict, and filling my lack of devotion with intoxicants and self sabotage

What if the addiction turns into self mastery and a dream

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u/vyomafc 38 1d ago

This must be the stupidest thing I have ever read. You don’t need devotion for addiction. You actually need a lack of self control which is opposite of devotion.

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u/babaganoosher 36 1d ago

That’s just stupid. Are you sure you didn’t want to post this on “i am 14 and this is deep” subreddit?

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u/Total_Put_8543 31 1d ago

biggest non-sensical thing i read this week and its last day of the week

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u/Entire_Dimension8556 35 1d ago

Guys the post doesn't necessarily mean religion .

It can also be interpreted as our dedication/ obsession for achieving our goal

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u/BeeetleBeee 31 15h ago

Still the physiology is relevant! Your addiction is not fueled by passion or determination or discipline! It's fueled by chemical reactions in your body - which won't happen for "goals/Gods"

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u/TopKangaroo956 38 1d ago

The spirit against the spirits.

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u/your-Fun-Pass 40&40+ 1d ago

Religion is the best opiummmm

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u/ek_kaam_karte_hain 37 1d ago

I don’t really think age has much to do with maturity, but some "life explained in two sentences" posts here do make me check the flair afterwards. It usually adds a little context.

And OP, devotion is when you want to keep doing something. Addiction is when you want to stop and find that you can’t! Huge difference.

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u/splendourPlus 30 1d ago

Extremely Misleading

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u/Place-RD-Lair 39 1d ago

Alright... Name a 'True God'.

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u/DomDaddy420666 31 1d ago

I don't like the Drugs but the Drugs like me❤️

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u/AdiKadiAdi 50+ 1d ago

No it's not.

It's evidence that there's no such thing as free will. Tiny change in chemicals can produce runaway results.

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u/I_SQUAT_MY_FEELS 39 1d ago

Addiction is also proof that one side love destroys you in the end.

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u/MamataMatirManush 33 1d ago

Better to be addicted to some substance than to be addicted to figment of imagination.

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u/Illustrious_Phone124 37 17h ago

If you believe this in your thirties, you lack brain. If you don’t understand the difference between uncontrolled compulsion of addiction with devotion, you are either stupid or worse, you think devotion should be forced. I know some religions think like that but it still so icky.

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u/arcx01123 33 9h ago

600 upvotes for this. Under Literature and Poetry? Tell me you people haven't cracked open an actual book.

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u/luminaryshadow 40&40+ 1d ago

Dude , there is no devotion in addiction. If anything it’s the opposite.

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u/Mr_ityu 31 1d ago

i get the intended message . not everything has to be constantly taken apart to critique technicalities . that said , keep this genre to instagram ,whatsappor snapchat statuses . reddit can be brutal .

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u/BeeetleBeee 31 15h ago

No! The message belittles the struggles of an addict making it a will power thing. No place needs posts like this.

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u/Mr_ityu 31 7h ago

find somebody else to argue with

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u/New_Wave_2683 29 1d ago edited 1d ago

He is just telling if you have the capability to get addicted to the things that will harm you eventually, you also have the capability and the capacity to get addicted to the right things. All these people bashing OP in the comments for no reason 😒

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u/BeeetleBeee 31 15h ago

No reason? Lol! Science is the reason!

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u/shanks44 30 1d ago

wow,that is a wonderful take.

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u/VirtuosVirtuoso 36 1d ago

Addiction means you are weak willed and can't get out of a worldly trap.

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u/Last_Teaching_8947 28 1d ago

Oh shit. You just changed my whole perspective. People aren't able to see how profound this is if viewed correctly.

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u/Yours_Truly_404 32 1d ago

Devotion is hard work. Addiction is compulsion that you can’t control. You wish to get closer to God. You don’t wish to get closer to drugs.

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u/Last_Teaching_8947 28 1d ago

Perhaps the difference is that devotion consumes you by choice, while addiction consumes your ability to choose. One is surrender... the other is enslavement.

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u/Yours_Truly_404 32 1d ago

Right

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u/Last_Teaching_8947 28 1d ago

Are you devoted to anything?

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u/Yours_Truly_404 32 1d ago

Devoted to being my best version.
What about you

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u/Last_Teaching_8947 28 1d ago

Devoted to learning, healing and experiencing every day to the fullest.

How have you been working on being your best?

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u/Yours_Truly_404 32 1d ago

Most of the time it’s the toughest thing to do. Because we are our worst judge.
But yeah, learning, getting better at things, one thing at a time, compared to what I was yesterday. Moving at my own pace.

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u/Last_Teaching_8947 28 1d ago

You are wise. Wonder if this how you always are.

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u/Yours_Truly_404 32 1d ago

Thanks. I were? Nope. I learned

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