partofthevoice comments on Hunger may play a role in alcohol addiction, new study finds

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

What if addiction is just a negatively associated instance of normal psychological processes?

Intuition is kind of like addition, in the sense that I didn’t ask for it; it simply seems to invade the mind. Intuition can help you get home in the dark — good. Alcohol can make you feel like you feel to drink to be normal — bad. Both cases are invasive thoughts, in a sense, no?

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago

It sort of is a normal process when negative associations. There's chemistry involved, so it isn't purely psychological, but addiction is a perfectly normal process that's gone off the rails.

But the psychological side of it is essentially what you describe. None of the addiction specifics, alcohol, gambling, sex, meth, whatever; is inherently bad, they have benefits even. Unbalanced vs their drawbacks in some cases, but still.

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