Love and addiction

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1. joeythedolphinJun 2023
   A great book on this is a little known paperback classic, "Love and Addiction" by Dr. Stanton Peele. It is about love, but there is a haunting chapter about society and social drifts. Highly, highly recommended to understand the societal problem of addiction and how it pulls individuals in like a fast moving expanding current. Also force is not going to work -- if a dog is abused and is afraid it will not respond well to being caged. Universal basic income, job opportunities, family and community relationship potential, hope, positive cultural surroundings, healthy food and water, the ability to exercise, a societal safety net, a feeling of camaraderie over competition, the ability to express oneself and develop hobbies, and to feel secure in the parent city, state and nation. Essentially everything the USA will not talk about or try to fix. USA is a warzone of violence of survival for the majority of people. Drugs are society's recommended course of action when the society has broken down.
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2. DaveZaleNov 2025
   canaries in a botmine!

   Thanks for the nice writing and examples. In one way or another, much of the AI is geared for addiction. The Big Money is in addictions, those are the ultimate customers. Your essay reads a little like a good old print book, "Love and Addiction" - and the author of that suggested that his hope was that we get over ALL of our addictions.

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3. tiatiaFeb 2016
   Love and Addiction http://www.amazon.com/Love-Addiction-Stanton-Peele-ebook/dp/...
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