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seanmorris t1_j2er1m8 wrote

Addiction isn't a craving for a chemical. Addiction is the willingness to take harmful action that distracts from some underlying pain. You can be addicted to things like work, shopping, or video games.

This will never be cured. Its like asking if 'distraction' can be cured. It is an element of the human condition.

The best that can be hoped for is effective, individual therapy that focuses on correcting the underlying issue.

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Swagyolodemon t1_j2erqxk wrote

Well this isn’t exactly right. Certain drugs cause direct alterations to the nervous system’s reward complex. These can easily be seen with animal experimentation. Many mammals can develop crippling addictions to certain substances. So it’s not exclusively a “human” condition. It’s one that’s common among the animal kingdom.

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seanmorris t1_j2esgj0 wrote

I never said it was exclusively human. Just irrevocably human.

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