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Patrick K. Kroupa
digital@mindvox.com
Yo, that wasn't me. That was my disease!
The addiction series: Part I
Addiction?
Cunning, baffling, electrical, powerful, mechanical, insidious, dangerous, solid yet squishy and operating on a principle similar to radar, only different.
But unstable and FLYING out of everything.
Or was that my universal remote...
People create theories in an attempt to understand various phenomena, as time passes, many of these theories are proven to be incorrect, or merely inadequate and slapped together by persons who lack the knowledge and experience to assimilate and articulate a more cohesive understanding of the events in question.
Fire . . . pretty, wow, neato... oh no, it burns, damn, the house is on fire... ohmygawd fire is awful, bad, terrible, stay away from it because it destroys things. I will never do fire again! In fact I will gather together groups of other people who have all done fire, and sit around talking about why fire is awful, to make myself feel better.
Yeah, well, okay. If that works for you, fabulous. But ya know what? It's not the "correct" solution. The entire disease concept of addiction, could be applied to just about anything and be equally wrong - or more specifically, incomplete.
Because when you come down to it, your "disease" is being a human being, and your life is just a relapse from death. And the...» »
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