Author: Marvellous Mind

Here’s a lil 40+ mins waffle where I express some personal thoughts on addiction and drugs. Of course these are quite ‘taboo’ topics but I think more conversation is very much necessary hence why I am bearing my naked soul to da world. Addiction is less about the drug itself but more the coping mechanisms that one uses to soften the stresses of life. Our modern social arrangements seem to impose significant stress upon people, which can precipitate addictive coping mechanisms. (See Gabor Mate’s “The Myth of Normal” for a more in depth exploration of the ways in which sociological…