5 Normalized Addictions That are Worse Than Most Drugs
<p>Addictions don’t mean you’re a junkie selling twenty minutes of butthole action for half a gram of crack. It means you’re doing something you know isn’t good for you but can’t stop. Cigarettes. Junk food. TikTok videos. Running back to your toxic ex. Society has normalized many of these behaviors, which is what makes them so dangerous.</p>
<p>I’ve <a href="https://medium.com/illumination-curated/ive-taken-illegal-drugs-for-years-here-s-what-i-learned-a4200599b437" rel="noopener">taken</a> drugs for years, but none of them messed my life up as much as the addictions that fly under the radar because 99% of people do them.</p>
<p>Set yourself free from their slavery.</p>
<h1>Most People Drip-Feed Themselves Poison Every Evening</h1>
<p>Sometimes, I want to slap my mum.</p>
<p>Not in a bad way. More in a loving, <em>“wake the fuck up, what are you doing, stop making your life so hard”</em> kind of way. One Friday evening, I could barely hold myself back.</p>
<p>It had been six months since we saw each other, so we had lots to talk about. Except that after half an hour of chit-chat, we sat down for dinner and she turned on the news. <em>“Good evening… yadda yadda… the world is fucked… we’re all doomed… bombs, war, refugees, rape… have a good night.” </em>Mum’s carefully crafted Spaghetti Carbonara lost its taste.</p>
<p>Bad news sells like hotcakes because of the human negativity <a href="https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/negativity-bias" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">bias</a> — we pay more attention to bad stuff.</p>
<p>What helped us survive in our cavemen days has become a widespread addiction. It makes us obsess about scandals, catastrophes, and everything else that turns our stomachs. We rationalize it with the most stupid excuse I’ve ever heard.</p>
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