It's because drugs rob you of your free will. Instead of doing what you want and what's best for you, you will instead (involuntarily) choose to keep doing the drug. That's the hazard of living in a "MUH FREEDUMBS" society like America that values individualism over collectivism.
Ah, there's the AA voice coming through. Yes, it's a dangerous addictive drug just like heroin!
Do you know the oldest written work that survived the tests of time? It's the Epic of Gilgamesh. Do you know what the gods gave Gilgamesh when he found out he was mortal and doomed to die? Beer. But go ahead and tell us it's a dangerous drug just like meth or oxy.
The AA Principles and Virtues
Honesty
Step 1. We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.
Hope
Step 2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Faith
Step 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.
The rest of the 12 steps are just as awful and you're welcome to search them yourselves. Content warning, though. You won't like what you find, it's all this kind of stuff.
I'm entirely uninterested in AA, I'm really unsure why you're bringing it up. Anything that affects your sobriety is a drug, this has nothing to do with any self help or group help organizations, it's just a fact. "Drug" doesn't mean only the dangerous ones, it means "drug", like marijuana, DXM, muscle relaxers, alcohol... anything that you might consume and no longer consider yourself sober.
It's because drugs rob you of your free will. Instead of doing what you want and what's best for you, you will instead (involuntarily) choose to keep doing the drug. That's the hazard of living in a "MUH FREEDUMBS" society like America that values individualism over collectivism.
Didn't you just make a comment about getting drunk?
why yes
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Does alcohol rob you of your free will? No. Especially when you get drunk off of three bottles of wine cooler (like I used to).
Go figure, most people who drink don't become hopeless alcoholics, as much as that Christian organization AA would like you to think so.
Alcohol is a drug. Most people who use drugs don't become hopeless drug addicts, either.
Ah, there's the AA voice coming through. Yes, it's a dangerous addictive drug just like heroin!
Do you know the oldest written work that survived the tests of time? It's the Epic of Gilgamesh. Do you know what the gods gave Gilgamesh when he found out he was mortal and doomed to die? Beer. But go ahead and tell us it's a dangerous drug just like meth or oxy.
The AA Principles and Virtues
Honesty
Step 1. We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.
Hope
Step 2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Faith
Step 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.
The rest of the 12 steps are just as awful and you're welcome to search them yourselves. Content warning, though. You won't like what you find, it's all this kind of stuff.
I'm entirely uninterested in AA, I'm really unsure why you're bringing it up. Anything that affects your sobriety is a drug, this has nothing to do with any self help or group help organizations, it's just a fact. "Drug" doesn't mean only the dangerous ones, it means "drug", like marijuana, DXM, muscle relaxers, alcohol... anything that you might consume and no longer consider yourself sober.
OK boomer
:so-true: