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Privileged, ignorant take by this anon. If you get REALLY down bad sometimes relief in any form is enough. Anybody's who's been there knows what I mean, anybody who hasn't should count their lucky stars and try to.
There’s no shortage of people who refuse to understand addiction. “Why don’t you just…” “All you have to do is stop.” Plus equate the addiction and not stopping as weakness and failure. IMO those with that POV are talking to polish their own moral superiority and aren’t at all interested in the factors surrounding addiction.
The real amusing part of that is there's a very good chance that those people who don't understand are very likely addicted to something legal like booze or caffeine. Hell try anyone to try quitting caffeine and they'll see how much it sucks.
I quit caffeine over a year ago. I still think about it almost every day. Every day I'm so tired, and I think, "there's an easy fix for this, just give me a cup of half-caf." It's never an option for me to think, no, I'm done with that. I always just tell myself, "you can have it next month if you still need it then" Addictions suck.