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» paper_turtle - Causes of Drug Addiction

I still question your assumption that the addict has firm knowledge that taking drugs is bad for him. What I mean is, there's a huge difference between spouting the words, and really owning them.
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The same factors which caused the addiction in the first place may still be in place. If the addict went through a detox program rather than a recovery program his emotional/psychological issues were probably not addressed. And if he did go through recovery, he would still need support and additional counselling to help him stay clean and further address his emotional/psychological issues.
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Question for you, Phil: When you took up smoking, were you aware of how bad cigarettes were? Even if you had been counseled that smoking was bad for you, or a nasty habit, or whatever, did you really care? Or did you still want to smoke? You knew better, didn't you, at least on some level, but you did it anyway. Taking drugs is no different. Knowing better is not much of a deterrent if your emotional motivations are strong enough.

peace and love,
Paper Turtle

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