Alcoholism is one of the worst physical addictions, but add societal norms and pressures and it makes it the worst IMO. I'm not trying to be insensitive about other addictions but even nicotine isn't as publicly acceptable as it used to be. Getting through the physical part of addiction is extremely difficult and many die from it, but also, rewiring your brain when your triggers are everywhere is another type of pain that's really hard to enunciate.
It's such a sliding scale. I've been a great enjoyer of substances my whole life, so I've been addicted to pretty much everything except opiates (deliberately steered clear of them, because I wouldn't want to be an addict).
I had a nasty coke habit that I was able to kick relatively easily, because I just stopped going to coke bars and stopped hanging out with my coke friends, and I accomplished that by smoking an insane amount of weed, so I was too stoned to even leave the house. Drugs saved me from drugs!
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u/Civil_Tea_3250 10h ago
Congratulations and good for you.
Alcoholism is one of the worst physical addictions, but add societal norms and pressures and it makes it the worst IMO. I'm not trying to be insensitive about other addictions but even nicotine isn't as publicly acceptable as it used to be. Getting through the physical part of addiction is extremely difficult and many die from it, but also, rewiring your brain when your triggers are everywhere is another type of pain that's really hard to enunciate.