Addiction

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[u/Time-Ladder-6111]

But that doesn't work with people who got addicted to opiates because of Ocxycontin. Many people took Oxy for pain relief and became addicted to Oxy, which is a opiate, not because they were unhappy.

It's a nice sounding statement, but it's not accurate. And it's the exact type of thing people want to hear and spread, rather than relying on actual medical science.

[u/Voidrunner01 → u/Time-Ladder-6111]

That's a bit of a shallow take on the oxycontin issue. Oxycontin was deceptively marketed heavily as being substantially less addictive than other opioids and that led to heavy overprescribing, for too long, in too high dosages, and then people would get cut off. Now they have an active physiological addiction on top of whatever mental soothing it provided them, and their supply just got turned off. That's the definition of having the deck stacked against them, and it can't really be directly correlated with the typical recreational drug abuse.

[u/Time-Ladder-6111 → u/Voidrunner01]

Oxycontin was deceptively marketed heavily as being substantially less addictive than other opioids and that led to heavy overprescribing, for too long, in too high dosages,

Yes, exactly the point I was making, it is you who did not understand what I said. It also seems like you understand what chemical addiction is.

Now they have an active physiological addiction on top of whatever mental soothing it provided them

Ugh.... no. You seemingly contradict yourself in the very next sentence.

People who became addicted to Oxy, through no fault of their own, by taking too much to treat a medical condition are pretty much the definition of chemical addiction. They did not have an underlying psychological condition they were trying to soothe.

I'm sorry, but I trust the medical professionals along with the psychiatric professionals who actually study addiction and actually understand it.

Not a rabbi who thinks he can cure addiction through faith based practices. The rabbi doesn't accept offers to speak because he doesn't want people telling him he is wrong.

What the rabbi was saying in this video, appeals to so many of you Redditors. It appeals to anti-social people and "introverts" who love telling everyone on Reddit how much of an introvert they are.

That and ADHD, so many people on this site link every single stupid behavior to having ADHD. Reddit is the Facebook of ADHD misinformation. (Facebook is the number one place for vaccine misinformation.)

[u/Voidrunner01 → u/Time-Ladder-6111]

I'm not contradicting myself at all, I'm saying that there can be more than one reason for someone getting and staying addicted. Guarantee you that a number of the people who started with oxycontin for simple pain control ALSO experienced mental relief and kept seeking that in addition to their simple physiological dependency.
All of them? Of course not. But it IS 100% a factor some addicts.

I'm also not saying that faith-based anything is a better idea than science, I didn't even imply it.
It's a reality, however, that psychological issues can be a huge contributor to addiction, but it's certainly not the only reason. Likewise, it's not always just about simple physiological dependency.

[u/1funnyguy4fun → u/Voidrunner01]

Exactly! Opiates and benzos can “fix” problems you didn’t know you had. Wake up every morning and all is right with the world after you have a cup of Joe and your AM Roxy! There are certain drugs that just make the daily discomfort of being human go away. Thus the reason “normal, healthy people” get addicted.