root cause is believing anecdotes of people on the internet
AMEN. Doing just fine, so is my family. Didn't need to turn my cost inside out to do it either.
I suppose "doing well" isn't a very good metric. It's based on my feelings and experiences having traveled to 5 wealthy countries and chatting with people there. Even in third world countries, like Brazil, I didn't see people dying of opioid overdoses everywhere downtown.