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    11 months ago

    Mmk I’ll Google those for you

    Compulsion: an irresistible persistent impulse to perform an act

    Impulse: a sudden desire, whim, or inclination

    Inclination: a preference or tendency, or a feeling that makes a person want to do something

    Preference: the power or opportunity of choosing

    Addiction is the loss of power or opportunity to CHOOSE.

    You seem obsessed with the assumption that I think addicts are just weakly choosing the wrong thing, or something. That’s very much not my suggestion. Deep in the core of the brain, chemical dependence pathways influence decisionmaking in a way the victim is unable to override.