This from NPR:
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/03/80238...ed-lung-cancer
Love him or hate him, I suppose that we should wish him well. After all, he never forced anyone to listen to his delusional bullshit.
People who have addictive behavior are still people, and they don't deserve all of the consequences of their behavior. It just happens. Originally Posted by Dev NullNot when they use people to get that addiction or have tried to destroy others to get sympathy in order to acquire addiction.
Not when they use people to get that addiction or have tried to destroy others to get sympathy in order to acquire addiction.You can't think the same way about addicts after you've seen the brain scans. Serious loss of function, so it's no wonder they make piss-poor decisions and their life becomes a shit show.
People like that are beneath depraved animals. Originally Posted by Agent220
Yeah, that's what addicts do. I still sympathize with his situation, but a lot of people do dangerous stuff and don't get aggressive lung cancer.
People who have addictive behavior are still people, and they don't deserve all of the consequences of their behavior. It just happens.
And it's by no means certain that his predicament was caused by his addictive behavior.
He's just an abrasive person that maybe some of us would like to see suffer for all of the suffering that he's promoted.
But it's possible that he meant well, but was just too entitled and privileged to know any better. I think that's the problem with a lot of conservatives. Originally Posted by Dev Null
You can't think the same way about addicts after you've seen the brain scans. Serious loss of function, so it's no wonder they make piss-poor decisions and their life becomes a shit show.They chose that option.
But everyone is responsible for the consequences of their actions, even if they're seriously impaired. Originally Posted by Dev Null
They chose that option.No argument there. I just think we might have better results from evidence-based treatment over the old-school faith-based approaches like AA and NA. Sure they help some people, but statistically they have limited success since they don't address underlying mental health issues.
I understand the fallout from addiction having dated multiple women with severe addiction.
I also believe in Invictus by William Ernest Henley Originally Posted by Agent220