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A View From The Other Side (Fairly Long)
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<blockquote data-quote="DarkwingPsyduck" data-source="post: 686171" data-attributes="member: 20267"><p>No, there are studies that show that some people are more susceptible to addiction. Brain chemistry is slightly off. This is usually hereditary, but not exclusively. Some are much more likely to have self control issues than others. There are some common themes among those people, signs that can serve as a warning. Impulse control being a huge one. The inability to wait. The need for the instant gratification, and a seemingly absent sense of accomplishment. Most people feel good about themselves when they accomplish something. Having to work for it makes finally getting it that much better. People more likely to become drug addicts don't always get that. </p><p></p><p>And it isn't just substances that qualify as addiction. That is just the most relevant to this particular forum. You ever have a friend that went to the gym religiously? To the point that it was actually unhealthy? How about people who are <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> with money, and can't stop buying dumb <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> they don't need? Or the biggest one here in Reno, gambling. These are all addictions that present in much the same ways as substance abusers. People who have problems with these kinds of things are FAR more likely to develop a substance dependency. And substance dependent people are likely to pick up those issues, too. The common theme really is self control. Some people have it. Some struggle with it. And others can't even comprehend it. Those are the ones who tend to develop addictions, and other unhealthy habitual behaviors. Behaviors that seem foreign and stupid to those on the outside.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkwingPsyduck, post: 686171, member: 20267"] No, there are studies that show that some people are more susceptible to addiction. Brain chemistry is slightly off. This is usually hereditary, but not exclusively. Some are much more likely to have self control issues than others. There are some common themes among those people, signs that can serve as a warning. Impulse control being a huge one. The inability to wait. The need for the instant gratification, and a seemingly absent sense of accomplishment. Most people feel good about themselves when they accomplish something. Having to work for it makes finally getting it that much better. People more likely to become drug addicts don't always get that. And it isn't just substances that qualify as addiction. That is just the most relevant to this particular forum. You ever have a friend that went to the gym religiously? To the point that it was actually unhealthy? How about people who are :censored2: with money, and can't stop buying dumb :censored2: they don't need? Or the biggest one here in Reno, gambling. These are all addictions that present in much the same ways as substance abusers. People who have problems with these kinds of things are FAR more likely to develop a substance dependency. And substance dependent people are likely to pick up those issues, too. The common theme really is self control. Some people have it. Some struggle with it. And others can't even comprehend it. Those are the ones who tend to develop addictions, and other unhealthy habitual behaviors. Behaviors that seem foreign and stupid to those on the outside. [/QUOTE]
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