Interesting perspective that I don’t wholly agree with nor disagree with. You make interesting points that we’re all addicts in the current framing of addiction—when really it’s often just coping with a fucked up world. I believe the disease definition came about due to insurance coverages in health care. ACA deepened that perception—that BTW as a person in recovery from my various compulsions—I do not believe in. You don’t “catch” addiction. You earn it through repeated behaviors.
Whew, James, seriously, you've fully pulled back the veil in this amazingly deep dive into the "collective unconscious". Reading this is the first time I've been able to wrap my mind around the false narratives alive and thriving in our culture and beyond. I believe this is because your essay speaks from the heart, into the heart whilst the ego sits it out, unable to push back the truth. I suggest this essay be offered into the History of Addiction Studies or sent to the higher-up of all systems who work in so-called "Addiction Treatment". A brilliant expose of the underpinning of how modern society desires and will resort to killing to live a life of non-responsibility and a pleasure seeking existence without ever recognizing the consequences now knocking at the door of every heart here in the USA and elsewhere in the God forsaken world.
Interesting perspective that I don’t wholly agree with nor disagree with. You make interesting points that we’re all addicts in the current framing of addiction—when really it’s often just coping with a fucked up world. I believe the disease definition came about due to insurance coverages in health care. ACA deepened that perception—that BTW as a person in recovery from my various compulsions—I do not believe in. You don’t “catch” addiction. You earn it through repeated behaviors.
Thought provoking read.
Whew, James, seriously, you've fully pulled back the veil in this amazingly deep dive into the "collective unconscious". Reading this is the first time I've been able to wrap my mind around the false narratives alive and thriving in our culture and beyond. I believe this is because your essay speaks from the heart, into the heart whilst the ego sits it out, unable to push back the truth. I suggest this essay be offered into the History of Addiction Studies or sent to the higher-up of all systems who work in so-called "Addiction Treatment". A brilliant expose of the underpinning of how modern society desires and will resort to killing to live a life of non-responsibility and a pleasure seeking existence without ever recognizing the consequences now knocking at the door of every heart here in the USA and elsewhere in the God forsaken world.