Protestantism

» paper_turtle - My Assumption

Your assumption is in this:

once they have internalized the idea that the substance is bad for them

As I see it, you are assuming that one who attempts to break his addiction knows, fully and completely, that drugs are bad for him.
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And the assumption underneath that assumption is that people, faced with any temptation (from a double order of fries to offing someone because they insulted you), will only be motivated by pure logic. This is not always the case, particularly if the temptation yields a high degree of pleasure, no matter how fleeting.
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And you didn't asnwer my question about smoking.

peace and love,
Paper Turtle

-- posted by paper_turtle