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Originally Posted by DodgerIrish
No obv not.
People can do things recreationally. I just don't trust myself. Ignorance is bliss.
But people who are addicts also aren't doomed to failure, there's functioning addicts. All depends on how you define 'failure'
And I'm not sure about this for myself. Am I more inclined than the average person? Quite possibly.
I've been drinking occasionally since a big after my 21st birthday. Don't know if I've ever had alcohol on 4 separate days in the same week. Now that I can tolerate beer I drink more often, maybe twice a week. When I was just a liquor guy, I was more once per month.
I've battled gambling addiction. Even at my worst I've never bought into anything with my loose 5s or 10s. I was so hooked on video poker in Vegas, now that I'm not there anymore, I haven't don't that easily in a year. Do non poker gambling maybe once per month.
All that to say, is yes, I'm not immune, but I'm also not a slave to any potential vice I come across.