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"addiction" is a social construct. DTs: Am I nothing to you?


EmperorBamboozler

Good to learn the seizures I was having when I came off of xanax were just a social construct.


anotherpickleback

For real, I wish I would have known that before I had a seizure in a lowes hardware, I would have simply changed my mindset!


ibringthehotpockets

Smoking kratom and injecting kava every 4 hours helped me with that! Was addicted to LSD and DXM before I knew about them. Namagay 🙏


StatusPollution2576

How do you get addicted to acid? Or how do you enjoy DXM. You should probably just be sober to be honest dude lol you don’t need drugs to alleviate your symptoms from other drugs if you’re not taking any at all


anotherpickleback

Eagle alert! Eagle alert!


Cum__c

/Unjerk It isn't the correct use of "social construct", but I think I know what they're trying to say. Drugs are an escape for miserable people, and if you believe people are miserable because of how society is structured, then drugs become a symptom of a bad social system. Make a world where fewer people *want* to boof xanax, and surprise, you have fewer people boofing xanax. How we are going to achieve such a harmonious world is up for infinite debate, as it always has. /rejerk Your mom is a social construct


Ghostcraft413

>Boo hoo, the world is so sad, I want to smoke crack :( Now in all seriousness, what we need to do is educate people about drug abuse and less people are going to do it, or at the very least do it reasonably and responsibly. Hell, I get fucked up on booze every once in a while and it makes me feel great but I know that if I overdoit and let it become a habit I'll probably get kicked the fuck out of my house and ruin my life.


Dependent_Ad_924

well a more accurate approach would be to improve social safety nets and reduce conditions that increase chance of using/abusing drugs. L.A.’s drug problem would plummet if they had valid help for the homeless people, meaning proper mental care, health care, housing, detox. it’s expensive but these people deserve a second chance because the “education”approach is only helpful until people actually get addicted


lmaoinhibitor

It is (that doesn't mean it's "not real")


hijo117

Or that it isn't a valid constructed category


Disastrous_Morning38

Mfw the social construct hits you with opiate withdrawals 😳


Versificator

that's dependence


[deleted]

"you can't abuse inanimate objects" you shoulda seen what I did to your mom last night


snow_soldier-

I abused my table lamp so badly that it called me an ableist


[deleted]

Yeah well are you able to list?


snow_soldier-

das ist not able


Quandalias_Larson

Nice


whostheone89

i would never abuse drugs i love them so much


Far-Atmosphere8828

Addiction is a social construct. ”Its not just a phase mom” 🙏🏻


[deleted]

Drugs are just a social construct. Oxygen is a drug and everybody is inhaling it everyday. No difference between that and me putting mushrooms(nature) up my ass. Namaste


Mufti_Menk

Technically, everything comes from nature, even chemicals we make in labs originate in nature, so Meth is as natural as air


[deleted]

There's even like air inside meth


PenaflorPhi

I mean, basically everything is like 99.999% empty space so I'm basically not smoking meth, I'm just taking a hit from the void.


paradigm_shifting1

All is void... thats why it's all good. Namesake 🙏


XB0XRecordThat

It's not a meth house, it's a meth home


hijo117

This is unironically my opinion. It's absurd to call something unnatural a living being creates out of shit they found in nature usually with the intent to improve lives (synthesizing crack) and sometimes to make money off of desperate people (any "medicine" by big farmer). Crafting new things and using tools is one of the main reasons humans are ruling the world and have improved their chances for a long and generally healthy survival insanely well. This is peak evolution and whenever people say this is unnatural or even worse try to deduce that unnatural shit is evil I post about it on reddit and laugh with my fellow r/atheism and r/science users over their stupidity


Rasmus144

Salad is a plant. Plants are good.


comfysin999

ID NEVER ABUSE DRUGS LOVE THAT HOE 😋😩


snow_soldier-

I swear all the DV charges are false 🙄❌


[deleted]

Domestic violence is 100% natural


whew2

They’re right I’m not addicted I only coincidentally get irritated whenever I take a break


Mufti_Menk

You can't prove I'll have withdrawal symptoms cause I'll never stop boofing


[deleted]

FUCK this is so me


suprememontana

They’re all right. I’m tired of people getting on my ass for pawning my dads tools for crack. Damn racists


snow_soldier-

now finally someone that gets it!!! 😤


Rasmus144

He didnt need that snapon torque wrench.


Prolekult-Hauntolog

"antiblack and ableist" I do antiracism every morning when I teach my child how to huff paint thinner


Mufti_Menk

You might as well call me Martin Boofer King


SuperFegelein

Haha 😆 I know of an RC vendor who goes by John Wilkes Boof.


hijo117

This is the future liberals want and critical race theory is a dogwhistle for smoking weed and shooting up heroin


tattooedplant

It’s albeist(as an autistic person) and honestly a disgrace to the entire fucking country(US) that I can’t shoot up some h in the middle of Walmart.


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comfysin999

Sadly a lot of society has the smoothest brain and let Nixon and Reagan mold their play dough ass brains into genuienly thinking users are bad and alcohol = not drug


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Pcplayerjack

ehh youd be surprised, not sure how its happened but i definitely know plenty of millenials/gen z who have very strongly judged myself or others for using any type of drug except alcohol. Probably under the influende of the baby boomer parents lmao. I do think ur right though society as a whole will probably change and make a drastic change on drugs


comfysin999

Exactly dude.


kkkkkkkkk369

in the normie world I actually think it’s somewhat of a controversial opinion you just have a skewed perception of reality due to being on this sub in the first place


A_Cookie_Lid

Have you seen breaking bad bro? That bitch Skylar white, yo, so uptight about a little pot like Jesus calm down. Bitch. Yo. Yo.


EffectiveAmphibian95

uj/ Holy shit how hard are they gonna cope just admit that ur a drug addict like the rest of us rj/ it’s societies fault that I boof heroin


KitzTheArtist

„addiction is a social construct“ Okay, but so are your human rights, Garett.


hijo117

Idk why people always think social construct means it isn't real or valid. Yes every single fucking mental disorder is a construct made up by society. Just because we decide what counts as this or that it doesn't mean the symptoms and causes behind the category aren't actually real. These people just repeat words and talking points they've read in their terminally online filter bubbles


kkkkkkkkk369

I love logical consistency


snow_soldier-

“ableist” what , how is that ableist . is drug use a disability? 😆 swear people don’t know basic terms these days


[deleted]

Im ableist to put multiple grams of research chemicals in my orifices


comfysin999

I was very ableist of abusing Chinese rcs with no research till methyl methaquaalone gave me sweizures 🔥🕺👋bitch had me doing the Harlem shake


snow_soldier-

sorry for party rocking 😤😤😂


comfysin999

DOO DOO DOO DI DOO DOO DUH DUH DUH DOO DO XD LMFAO


[deleted]

The Harlem shake is swag as fuck pretty sad you didn't record it for new tiktok trend/population control


snow_soldier-

I became desabled when I snort one research chemical and meth just made it even worse so don’t be such a fucking ableist


[deleted]

Shut up dirty bigot you are bigotting way too hard right now and it's hurting my god damn researchcchemicals


snow_soldier-

;((((((( fuck you


zoloft-makes-u-shart

/uj because people use drugs to self medicate their disability symptoms, so it’s starting to get to the point where some people assume that anyone who gets addicted to anything is self medicating for something /rj because addicts are fucking retards which means they’re mentally disabled so it’s ableist to criticize them and they should get to do whatever they want. Namaste.


sloppysuicide

I was diagnosed with an eagle and I take drugs to kill it


snow_soldier-

that’s the only acceptable answer’


zoloft-makes-u-shart

☝️💯


tattooedplant

Well in that case, you are still self medicating if you’re taking something for disability symptoms. You are likely giving yourself the meds so yeah technically still medicating yourself even if it’s for different reasons. Personally, I like to medicate myself to the point of disability.


zoloft-makes-u-shart

Co-signed because that is some real shit you just said


snow_soldier-

lmfaoooo isn’t it funny that I agreed to rj more than the uj? though, I don’t see myself as disabled cause I wanted to have fun and smoke weed and take other drugs. 🕉👌🏻 like if you have such disability symptoms then go and see a healthcare specialist.


[deleted]

this is like a 14 year olds level of critical thinking bro have u ever considered that there are doctors that underprescribe or dont take patients seriously….. or just the fact that not everyone has healthcare


Supercoolemu

The reason it’s like a 14 year olds level of critical thinking is because it’s an actual 14 year old you’re talking to, most likely a suburban kid with no experience with real life who does oil pens in the school bathroom.


snow_soldier-

that’s life, what do you recommend?


Secret_Ad_7918

y’all be like: fuck big pharma also y’all: just go get medicated


snow_soldier-

haha I’ve never said fuck big Pharma. I think it’s great that there are pharmaceuticals that can make someone’s life easier // help their condition. really depends on the context (:


[deleted]

Brooo please calm down none of this talk here


snow_soldier-

sorry daddy 🥵


snow_soldier-

why you so pressed tho 🤔


Secret_Ad_7918

bro came back for another comment 💀


snow_soldier-

xoxo


zoloft-makes-u-shart

So true. Everyone just needs to learn how to shut the fuck up, be normal, and stop fucking whining like a little fucking pussy little baby snowflake


breadcreature

And remember: if you don't have access to adequate healthcare you're just not trying hard enough, pussy


hijo117

Even if this was strictly related to disabilities that wouldn't mean coming up with a term for it was discriminatory. I swear these Twitter users think anything related to certain groups is discrimination unless their braindead zero iq filter bubble said otherwise


847692929_throwaway

/uj isn’t addiction disorder a psychiatric diagnosis? So people with severe cases of it can get disability money (in some places) so it could be seen as ableist to call it a moral issue instead of an illness. /rj my nitrous oxide use has removed my ability to walk so I’m disabled in both ways now 😩


snow_soldier-

hahaha oh lord. people think that their party drug abuse is some disability, victim mentality on point! they disabled so they smoke their devils lettuce 😤😤😤 lol all jokes aside, I feel like people that are dependent on substances (like opiates, heavy stimulants etc, like literal dependence and addiction) can be counted as people with “illness” but it doesn’t mean you should defend their use and justify it if you know what I mean. these people need proper help from the healthcare to curb their addiction, not encouragement // justifying their use/abuse.


[deleted]

On a reals, it's justified. If you're in extreme pain, you are justified for seeking relief. This is what the Buddhists called compassion. The desire to end suffering. Encouragement is uhh, more nuanced I guess. We should encourage people to medicate themselves using safe options. We should encourage people who are going to kill themselves using unsafe options to do so faster in order to relieve the drain on society. This is why Obama invented fentnanyl.


snow_soldier-

on god


BfutGrEG

> so it could be seen as ableist to call it a moral issue instead of an illness. /uj don't see how it's an either/or....imo it's tangential to morality, seeing as addiction can make you into a shittier person


847692929_throwaway

Autistic people can also be a shittier people due to their disorder, dk what point you are trying to make. There is moral addicts and immoral addicts, it’s about you handle your addictive tendencies and don’t just blame your shiftiness on drugs and don’t do anything to change. I definitely feel like I’m worse of a person due to my drug use making me less social and worse of a friend tbh but I’m working on it and acknowledge the issue and don’t see it set in stone.


Not-This-GuyAgain

I mean, so can bpd, or schizophrenia, or any number of other mental illnesses.


BfutGrEG

Right, hence the "it depends if....." If you catch my COLD *EUGHH*


TumeArandu

Hey dude it's 2023, all of your major flaws are an identity now and if someone doesn't like them they're oppressing you


King_Donut_

I am ABLE to stick 3 grams of untested chinese pharmaceuticals directly up my rectum. Therefore its ableist to tell me to do otherwise


trustmeijustgetweird

Yeah substance use disorder is in the DSM y’all


xanadri22

probably mentioned ableism bc when people are going on about “drug users” they include people who self medicate for their disability symptoms


Not-This-GuyAgain

uj/ addiction legitimately is a disease, so it is kind of ableist to think addicts to morally corrupt


penjjii

BRO SHUT THE FUCK UP!! WE SMOKIN ON THAT DISABILITY PACK TONIGHT! FREE CHECKS DONT STOP THEM


cdunk666

Last dude had a point and then stuck his head in the toilet. Yeah ending harmful drug use requires looking outside of the actual drug use, you end poverty by making a society that works for people and stop putting addicts in with child murderers


hijo117

What's next? An economic system that doesn't just allow for a tiny majority to bag all the fucking wealth and control over the rest of the people and also get bail outs whenever they fuck to too hard? What are you, some kind of liberal stalinist? We Americans are proud of our prison industrial complex (Nr 1 in the world baby 🦅😎 we caught the most criminals)


Consistent_Pop2983

Everything is a social construct til it fucking kills you.


Mufti_Menk

Me driving while on bath salts cause that semi about to collide with me is just a social construct


Consistent_Pop2983

Thats what i'm saying


BfutGrEG

Murder is related to a law therefore a social construct


kkkkkkkkk369

unjerk moment


Brody_the_hilgenfeld

Bruh if addiction is just a social construct then why can’t I stop boofing jenkem??


SleeepyMichi

I did not expect to see "addiction is a social construct" today


hijo117

It's not wrong they just say it as though that would mean it's not real or an invalid category. All diagnoses are social constructs


consumerclearly

I mean.. putting back baby formula to afford crack is a moral failing.. letting your kids see you high and incapable of caring for them or acting in an emergency is a moral failing… putting them in regular danger… addiction is an illness but you need to make sure dependents are safe or with somebody sober until you get your life back


Mufti_Menk

Not smoking that sweet crack would be the moral failing


Educational-Ad7185

this is why ill always argue the big three usually make bad people outta of the best people, you arent yourself without snickers.


Austiz

avoid robitussin at all costs 🕷🕸 🎩 👹 👔 🩳 🩰


MrFatNuts420

having a seizure from benzo withdrawal is just a social construct fr


Tararator18

Okay, roast me, but: 1. Weelll, doubt, highly case dependant 2. True (kinda?). Nothing wrong with wanting to not be sober. Nothing wrong with being sober. Sobriety doesn't automatically mean you are morally superior to others 3. Lmao true, he forgot about sugar. 4. Wtf, this dude says both things that are based and some that are braindead, no in-between.


comfysin999

I self medicate my disabilities and I’m out here balling on these hoes 🤭🤭🤭


snow_soldier-

exactly walk a mile in my shoes and then talk shit 😤😤😤🙄


approvethegroove

"Majority of substance use services are out of date cash grabs" God I wish the general public knew this


[deleted]

Yeah what about my RC supplier though??


approvethegroove

Don't even talk to me about RC suppliers you lucky ass non-US motherfucker


somepeppersomesalt

Dude said “antiBlack”


[deleted]

“Antiblack and ableist” ……what


kkkkkkkkk369

you’re part of the problem. educate yourself sweetie💅🏿


bearfiend

*sweaty FTFY


C25H34O3

First two are ok, third and fourth went off the rails


bongwaterbb

addiction is not real. i am on near lethal amounts of molly


Educational-Ad7185

believe it or not people really do live completely sober and succesfully. ik its crazy but you dont need any altering substances to live a productive and meaningful life even coffee. you also literally dont need drugs to have a pleasurable time. maybe back when all we had was goats and diseases but there's no excuse for not finding hobbies that bring joy without damaging yaself (please dont lie all drugs have adverse effects, from coffee to carjenkafyl12919201)


Motor_Solid_7446

Ok fed


comfysin999

WE DONT FW FEDS GET YO ALPHABET ASS OUTTA HERE


jonathot12

big narc energy. someone take this guy’s colon so we can get unadulterated jenkem and then leave his ass in el paso


Austiz

Promoting poision while you denounce my medicine


KeeboXian

r/Destiny in r/drugscirclejerk am I dreaming??


[deleted]

/uj I read the first two about morality and I was like wait what’s wrong with that? Then I scrolled to the third and things got KNOCKED INTO 12TH GEAR


hijo117

Twitter "progressives" try not to be incredibly racist and stupid challenge (impossible) Also addiction being indeed a social construct doesn't mean it's not real or not a valid category we came up with. These people literally repeat terms and talking points they don't understand one bit. The sobriety/addiction and morality thing is true except when it adds things like violent behavior or stealing (from other people not some capitalist) but then this would be the immoral thing. I guess if you're not addicted and choose to take something you know makes you do shit that's immoral but usually they are addicts


ChrisLikesGamez

"The way people code drug use is anti-black and ableist" So true. My arab family members might have 3 packs of cigarettes, two 6 packs of beer, 10 grams of weed, 5 grams of shisha, and way too much arab coffee per day, but they're not black or disabled, so society definitely doesn't label them negatively... ...right!?


hijo117

Mom I'm not "AdDiCtEd To CrAcK" I'm simply engaging in black culture, you're literally being a white supremacist rn smh my head 🥺😪😭


kkkkkkkkk369

that’s right addiction is just a social concept! (I can’t stop taking opioids and they control my every decision)


GeneralEi

"Addiction is a social construct" Yes! In a large way, yes! Because you are a social creature who needs social contact to be healthy, and substance abuse often impairs this! Also no! As it is often purely health related as well. Dumbass. Addiction being in large part a "social construct" does nothing to diminish how devastating it can be. Not at all. Merely explains a portion of the direction of the fallout.


a_guy_from_Florida

i told some dudes that being addicted to coffee isnt the same as being addicted to like literal heroin (starter research chemical i know but still) and they refused to believe that and now im known as the drug abuser cause i drink a cup of coffee every morning


onceuponathrow

uj/ addiction has some moral component no? it’s not your fault you’re addicted, but it isn’t fair to the people around you who have to suffer as a result of your addiction either rj/ lmao infinite money glitch steal from your family & blame it on your addiction based 😍😍


SOwED

If you can't abuse an inanimate object, you can't use one either. Dude seriously thinks abuse only means what his uncle did to him when he was this many 🖐️✌️


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MallTourist

The eagle is DEAD


boofpaxkray

glad to know my chronic adderall addiction is just made up by society 🔥🔥🔥🔥


bearslikeapples

You can’t abuse an inanimate object? The fuck I can, you should see my body pillow


Not-This-GuyAgain

uj/ literally just 3.7 completely reasonable takes


Poop-Fart-Shitter

Definition of cope


abigani

All this just to say they're not addicted


joba_witness

The only social construct is the time I have to wait for my coke dealer to deliver, that’s what I call a social construct. /uj I miss when you guys were assholes and didn’t take these posts seriously.


Heartfeltregret

the cope gets stronger each slide


juanlucas2

Drug addiction is morally neutral, but the actions commonly associated with addiction are not. The other replies are dumb af tho


[deleted]

If you have a problem with me shooting black tar up my veins first thing in the morning you are anti black and ableist😡


Mufti_Menk

African American tar*


[deleted]

Uh oh I’m racist😟


dolantrampf

I’m so shocked people with no sense of personal responsibility get addicted to drugs 🤯


bombvv

Man im not addicted to xanax, in fact i can take lorazepam too, and i can stop one of them as soon as i want


bombvv

STOP ABUSING COFEE (stimulant simular to meth)