#addicts — Public Fediverse posts

#MissKittyRaw has talked about how #recovery could be informing you of your way forward. I say you instead of we this time because I already know it. Here's the irony. I was killing myself. How I didn't die something else knows. The same is true for many #addicts. How didn't they die?

'Chasing every financial opportunity—and, it cannot be overemphasized, to the detriment of virtually everything else in their life—has become their be-all and end-all. For that, frankly, is where the dopamine is: the master molecule of pleasure and motivation. And the “end” for them is simply the high (or dopamine release) they receive each time they do a deal, turn a profit, or make a “killing.”
[…]
'What perpetual wealth production inoculates them against are underlying, and barely recognized, feelings of distress—such as depression, anxiety, guilt or shame—which stem from a belief that deep, deep down they may not be good enough at all. So greater and greater financial success is required to help them sustain their cherished illusion that they really are superior—in economic terms, vastly superior—to others: a most convenient narcissistic “fix” for whatever subterranean doubts they may yet harbor about themselves.'
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-of-the-self/201210/greed-the-ultimate-addiction

#finance #psychology #addicts #billionaires

#funny #humor #joke #addicts #absurd
Two addicts are crawling along the tracks.
The first one asks:
"Why is this ladder so long?"
The other says:
"Look, the lift is coming."

Two elevators are slowly moving along the rails.
"Bro, the stairs are too long!"
"It's okay, the drugs are coming."

"ya'll will #complain about the #effects and #complexities of knowing that you're #mentally ill and being aware of how its influencing your #behaviour, then turn right around and slag off #addicts"

https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/790093459000360960

Watch how fast TikTok profiles your interests & creates dopamine #addicts but also intensifies & reinforces bad feedback loops like #depression or #anger spirals.

I uninstalled that sh** years ago.

▶️ How TikTok's Algorithm Figures You Out | WSJ
https://youtube.com/watch?v=nfczi2cI6Cs&si=IcA3SteWPQa9it-R

#tiktok #wsj

"when you talk shit about #drug #addicts who aren’t “functioning members of #society” you are talking shit about #disabled #people. this is not up for debate.

happy #disability #pride month to addicts"

https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/789346451113345024

@thomasfricke
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It is designed to make us #addicted

Our #society is not a cosy place

#capitalism is not cuddly

But with #digitalization & #gamification it developed tools to let us forget our dreadful situations

And find good feelings, wonderful hormone kicks provided by machines

We are a society #addicts

Addicted to machines

#cybernetics works with the myth of "machines full of grace" & its theoretical offsprings like #transhumanism are deeply #religious

@BlumeEvolution @evawolfangel

#Addicts blame everything but their #addiction as they pull the roof down on top of their heads.

Anyone still capable of denying our #capitalist consumer culture is destroying the habitability of our #childrens' #planet is, in short, an addict incapable of admitting to their #disease.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/23/ugliest_global_warming_chart/
#Climate ClimateCrisis

Dear Sec. Kennedy: the same #addiction #recovery program that saved your life, saved my life. I believe it works for #addicts like you & me #addicted to #addictive substances. You know what else saved my life? #SSRI. Study after study shows they are not addictive & have prevented countless deaths.

I just bought myself #vape in order to prove to all of you #addicts that y'all are weak. I'll smoke it for a while and just stop.

#science

I've never seen #religion be a good thing when helping #addicts and those struggling with #mentalhealth.

A mental hospital sent me to a transitional living home that was religious cuz I had no where else, and neither did they, and this place took ALL of my #foodstamps and GR money as rent, fed me PB&Js, then kicked me out for 3 days when I forgot to go to #church Sunday.

The preacher sure did have a nice BMW. Very #godly to have while 20 men in your house starve.

#writing #humor

"Not everybody is comfortable with the #idea that #politics is a #guilty #addiction. But it is. They are #addicts, and they are guilty and they do #lie and #cheat and #steal — like all #junkies. And when they get in a frenzy, they will sacrifice anything and anybody to feed their #cruel and stupid #habit, and there is no cure for it."

~ Hunter S. Thompson

#quote #quotes #ausgov #politas #classwar #fascism #capitalism #oppression #repression #humans #society #reality #statism

#Drugcrisis deepens our #economic woes
"urine testing suggests tt actual number of #amphetamine users cld exceed 5 million, or 7.6% of population. With the cost of an amphetamine tablet ~30 baht, drugs hv become increasingly accessible to low-income earners, driving the # of users even higher. >95% of #drugaddicts in #Thailand r btw 15-59 yrs old.. Alarmingly, #government lacks baseline data on number of #drug #addicts, as no statistics r available fr any official agency"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2917571/drug-crisis-deepens-our-economic-woes

An #idea to #solve something:

Pay all of the #drunks to stop drinking.
Pay all of the #addicts to stop using.

Check hair samples. FAIL? Pay it back #indentured

Real #money. Not some $275.00/ mo on an #EBT card.
$80k / year or so would prob be reasonable in 2025.

(put the addicts on #Ritalin/ #Suboxone and make them write code)

Truth about #shoplifting in #England - petit bourgeoise small business owners are using the #drug #addicts as pawns in the game of #capitalism to steal items to order from their commercial rivals, and then resell them in their own stores!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czdpvd41z7mo

(1983) Newsnight - Meet the COMPUTER ADDICTS

https://makertube.net/w/caYesPrqfzJKZf5wP4KbZn

#Rehab for #transgender #drug #addicts urged in #Pakistan

The President of the #Khyber-#Pakhtunkhwa #chapter of #TransAction (#ProvincialAllianceofTransgenderCommunity), #FarzanaRiaz has demanded of the #government to include #transgender #community in the third phase of the #DrugAddiction-free #Peshawar

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Pakistan #MentalHealth #Addiction #Representation #Culture

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2481646/rehab-of-transgender-drug-addicts-urged

Fantastic. Inspirational, that MD introduced a bill to make this easier. Cautionary, that insurance companies haven't heard of these. GOOD NEWS STORY will send you into the weekend w/ a smile.
#vacant #property #abandoned #houses #refurbished #rented to #employees #recovering #drug #addicts #alcoholics #wood #working #carpenters #electricians #now #non #profit #worker #owned #business #waterbottle #cooperative #baltimore #social #enterprise #democratic #business #system https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/housing/baltimore-vacants-waterbottle-co-op-GMLSZKTVKFG43NMT25UFPKZLGU/

It is basically a very sophisticated version of an AA #support #group without god or guilt.

For whom?

Artists, atheists, sex workers, everyone who has any kind of #addiction issues and especially those who don’t find traditional support groups helpful for them.

The main goal is to put an end to the hopeless cycle of making money with money for money’s sake, but this is a long-term endeavor.

So we can start by #supporting the most #vulnerable ones: #artists and #addicts. Sometimes these groups intersect for whatever reason.

Live from 3pm CEST 24.04.2024:

https://sicut-dico.com/2024/04/22/full-moon-addiction/

Three Signs You Or Someone You Love Is In Need Of #Drug #Rehab

https://www.jwjblog.org/three-signs-you-or-someone-you-love-is-in-need-of-drug-rehab/?amp;utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-signs-you-or-someone-you-love-is-in-need-of-drug-rehab
#addiction #addicts #drugs #badhabits

I work in a supermarket and see how desperate some shoplifters are. My heart goes out to them | Anonymous | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/14/supermarket-shoplifters-professionals-people-poor-food

#Poverty
#Shoplifting
#Homeless
#ProfessionalShoplifters
#Addicts
#ProjectPegasus