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Had a drug problem before that. Cold turkey as well.
While I agree with you somewhat, I too don't like the narrative, I also realize that some people actually can't do that. Some people are faster, some smarter, some stronger, and some of us are better at sticking to a resolution. Everyone has things they're good at and things they struggle at despite the effort. Gotta find what works for you personally.
Just so you know, the point of my post isn't to rip on people with low willpower or to brag about mine (which would be false valor anyway--there are reasons I had issues with alcohol and drugs to begin with). The thesis of my post is that the narrative is that you need a drug to get better.
Ozempic is supposed to be a treatment applied to people who are not yet overweight enough for bariatric surgery, yet it is being used ubiquitously. What does that tell you about the mind share differences between "you need a drug to get better" versus "you can just stop"?
The idea that another drug is your only way out is but a shadow on the wall of a cave, puppeteered by Big Pharma, people need to free themselves, escape outside and see the sun.
Additionally, my post was "flagged" which is a bit hilarious. I wonder what part of my post was hateful or otherwise below the standards of this forum. Unless you define hate as being critical of big pharma.
Sure came off that way though.
> Ozempic is supposed to be a treatment applied to people who are not yet overweight enough for bariatric surgery, yet it is being used ubiquitously.
Because being overweight, albeit not quite enough for bariatric surgery, is quite ubiquitous? Dunno for sure, but certainly feels rather plausible. Wouldn't you say?
> I wonder what part of my post was hateful or otherwise below the standards of this forum.
Probably the bit where you came off as an insufferably smug prick, saying “Why don't they just eat cak—” Oops, I mean “Why don't they just stop eating?”. Comes to about the same thing, votre Majesté.
I'm very happy for you that you beat alcoholism. it's a nasty beast. The rest of us are facing the ladder on the right for certain issues. It's time we take a deeper look at problems people face, and actually help them fix it rather than sit back and judge them for moral failings when in reality it turns out to be a brain chemistry thing that can't be helped.
And honestly, flagging a comment based on disagreement is a pretty shitty move. I've noticed that happening more often here.
It is well known that compulsive tendencies are, in some people, literal demons that want nothing more than to destroy your life, and do. There are degrees to things and 'willpower' is not so simple.
Congratulations. You were blessed with some very convenient brain chemistry. Many others are not so lucky, and literally cannot even begin to commit to decisions you find trivial.
It's probably impossible for you understand what it's like (which is good!) but for many people it's completely ineffective to use their free will to try and overcome the pull of their brain's reward system. That's when exogenous chemical assistance is needed.
Addicts know what needs to be done, can see the harmful effects of not doing it, but no amount of internal force can make it happen. Addiction is horrible.
I don’t believe a pill would do much, in the end I needed to change