Comment by moi2388
10 hours ago
Why is the first beer the most critical choice?
Why isn’t the last beer the most critical one, for example?
10 hours ago
Why is the first beer the most critical choice?
Why isn’t the last beer the most critical one, for example?
Without the first beer there is no last beer.
This.
In a healthy society there would be no need for intoxicants with so severe harms (BBC list for substances by harm is a good reference) and thus no exposure for a addictive substance.
Now the norm decides that, almost without exceptions, we must all be exposed.
What’s healthy isn’t complete abstinence, it’s moderation.
This is true of coffee, sugar, alcohol, social gatherings, work, play, and everything else in life.
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>In a healthy society there would be no need for intoxicants with so severe harms
Yeah but we don't live in a healthy society. We have more abundance and more advanced healthcare and drugs than ever before, but we are sick in terms of missing social connections and family unit, even in big cities. Hence why mental illnesses and substance abuse are going up.
People don't thrive on GDP line go up and cheap large screen TVs. People need friends, family, and a support network.
And the substance abuse is a progressive lying disease so once we figure out "this has gone too far" the threshold for abuse has been crossed a long time ago in most cases.
First the close ones see the problem and the individual in question is the last to see it. Thus a lying disease.
When the train hits you, it isn’t the caboose that kills you.