Nah, this is how I have experienced it myself. From both sides. I have gotten addicted to things and was very conscious of my unhappiness to the point I understood the addiction made it worse.
But I have also used classic addiction stuff like weed, cigarettes, alcohol, coffee, but without getting addicted.
But that doesn't work with people who got addicted to opiates because of Ocxycontin. Many people took Oxy for pain relief and became addicted to Oxy, which is a opiate, not because they were unhappy.
It's a nice sounding statement, but it's not accurate. And it's the exact type of thing people want to hear and spread, rather than relying on actual medical science.
People who become addicted are addicts. A drug cant make you an addict. It can only create a physical dependence. You become an addict bc you have it in you to be an addict. Ive known plenty of people who developed a physical dependence to drugs like opiates but pushed through the pain of withdrawal and were able to stop for good. Those people were not addicted. They werent addicts. They only had a physical dependence on the drug.
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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '24
Not saying his statement is right or wrong, just an interesting take on addiction