From ac830eb57fc3fc3849e38365a99d94bbae6479e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zleyyij <75810274+zleyyij@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 10:56:12 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2024-10-09 10:56:12 --- education/english/ENGL2010/Addiction Analysis.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/education/english/ENGL2010/Addiction Analysis.md b/education/english/ENGL2010/Addiction Analysis.md index ae52b0b..9d76df9 100644 --- a/education/english/ENGL2010/Addiction Analysis.md +++ b/education/english/ENGL2010/Addiction Analysis.md @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ - "Socrates clearly never went to a restaurant with unlimited chips. But he has a point. To figure out what a person’s true priorities are, we usually look to the choices they make. (“Actions speak louder than words.”) When a person binges on TV, munches chips, or gets high despite the consequences, Socrates would infer that they must care more about indulging now than about avoiding those consequences — whatever they may _say_ to the contrary" - He argues that people simply have bad judgement, and that they aren't acting against their better judgement. - He also argues that bad decisions indicate bad priorities. + - The idea that people need to hit "rock bottom" before they can hit true recovery reinforces that idea. It means that a person needs to truly understand the consequences of their "selfishness". + - - Addiction intensifies the disconnect between judgement and action - "Here’s the testimony of one person with addiction, reported in Maia Szalavitz’s book [_Unbroken Brain_](https://books.google.com/books?id=4yJ3CgAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA114#v=onepage&q&f=false): “I can remember many, many times driving down to the projects telling myself, ‘You don’t want to do this! You don’t want to do this!’ But I’d do it anyway.” - Ethos