Opinion | Matthew Perry and the Loneliness of Addiction
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Opinion | Matthew Perry and the Loneliness of Addiction
The addict seeks to escape the pain of being human in one of two ways — by transcending it or by anesthetizing it.
Steven Pressfield • Turning Pro
The addict seeks to escape the pain of being human in one of two ways — by transcending it or by anesthetizing it.
Steven Pressfield • Turning Pro
It’s common for addicts to realize that it’s addiction all the way down. While some of us have had more “extreme” addictions, all of us have been captured by a recurring false possibility that a certain solution will ease our pain, only to make our problems and pain worse.
It’s baffling how susceptible we are to this progressive, possibility-narrow... See more
It’s baffling how susceptible we are to this progressive, possibility-narrow... See more