*RANDOM THOUGHTS*

[jjostm]

* Yesterday, when I was experiencing withdrawl symptoms from the medications I'm on, I thought something was quite interesting. When someone takes medication to keep one's brain in check, and the medication becomes addictive, one isn't addicted, but "dependent." However, when one smokes large bags of crack to keep one's brain in check, one isn't

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[narqo]

i think addiction is different because you crave the stuff. like my head meds, for example, i forget to take them all the time, but if i don't take them, i feel sick and can't stop crying. that's dependency, not addiction. if i was addicted, i'd crave it. i wouldn't be able to wait to take it. i see the difference, but i see what you're saying.

[jjostm]

Truth be told, I sorta like the Xanax...so, in that way, I'm a dependent addict?

But even crack heads, many want to get off of it...but their body goes into rebellion if they don't get it... So maybe they're "dependent" as well?

I think addict works fine for both, though, because even those who are on prescription medication...their bodies are addicted to the substances. I know I am...

-j

[narqo]

okay, but i think there's a difference between physical addiction and psychological addiction. you can have both, but if it's all physical and not mental at all, i think that's when they call it dependency.

[jjostm]

All that notwithstanding, I needs my Happy Pillz™.

Happy Pillz™: So you can get out of bed.*

-j

*WARNING: Side effects may include dependency/addiction, headache, dizziness, nausea, bleeding from the eyes, body ache, liver illness, Mormonism, spontaneous singing of bad Christmas music, projectile vomiting, liquified intestines, coma, stubbed toes, and upset stomach.

[inhim]

NOT MORMONISM!!!!

Or did you intend "moronism"?

[jjostm]

NOT MORMONISM!!!!

DUN DUN DUNNNNN!

-j

[prester_scott]

Instant Mormon Pills... so THAT'S how they're doing it!

Confound those wascally Jesuits!!

I sorta like the Xanax...so, in that way, I'm a dependent addict?

[gernboken]

would you suck cock in a subway bathroom for Xanax?

Re: I sorta like the Xanax...so, in that way, I'm a dependent addict?

[jjostm]

1. Umm...ew.

2. Xanax is, perhaps, a poor example. Consider pain relievers, such as the Percs. People have been known to break into pharmacies, break state-laws against doctor fishing (Rush...ahwemm), etc. Percosette and other addictive substances are legal...crack isn't. One is considered "dependency," the other, "addiction." When, in fact, all are addiction, but in different degrees. "Dependency" seems a soft sell.

-j

Re: I sorta like the Xanax...so, in that way, I'm a dependent addict?

[gernboken]

i see your point. i just think of the scene in Half-Baked when Bob Sagget is yelling at Dave Chapel: "WEED? I USED TO SUCK COCKS IN THE SUBWAY FOR CRACK! HOW MANY COCKS HAVE YOU SUCKED FOR WEED? HUH?"