Published in a simplified version at Fight the New Drug. Photo credit: Nazrin Babashova Imagine getting a knock on the door. When you open it, a beautiful stranger stands there - with an offer to remove their clothes right in front of you. “What are you talking about?! I’m sorry….no thanks. I’m in a relationship – and that’s not something I feel right about. Please leave.”
I have worked with addicts. It is a sobering thing to do. I came away believing that anyone who says "He just should have tried harder!" has no idea what they are talking about. That makes that judgment really "judgmental". I am convinced, in other words, that some addictions are capable of altering the physical brain of some people so that they have literally lost their ability to "try harder". It has become a true disease that cannot be cured by willpower alone. In fact, in some people, it may not be curable in their present mortal body.
I have worked with addicts. It is a sobering thing to do. I came away believing that anyone who says "He just should have tried harder!" has no idea what they are talking about. That makes that judgment really "judgmental". I am convinced, in other words, that some addictions are capable of altering the physical brain of some people so that they have literally lost their ability to "try harder". It has become a true disease that cannot be cured by willpower alone. In fact, in some people, it may not be curable in their present mortal body.