does drug addiction actually exist? i have my doubts. i think it's a self-inflicted psyop. a psycho-somatic illusion. we know from epictetus and the stoic school of philosophy that 'desire' is a product of an individual's will. so, if you exercise your willpower, you will no longer be 'addicted' to drugs, because the desire will vanish. you can also choose not to 'desire' drugs in the first place. you can choose this outcome for yourself, using mental willpower.  given those facts, it seems hard to argue that actual 'addiction' even exists. drug use is simply a path that people choose for themselves, since they prefer it to other paths. but the myth of an unconquerable 'addiction' which somehow stops people from going sober 'against' their actual desires is simply false. no such phenomenon exists. since this is the case, why don't we try educating drug 'addicts' about stoic philosophy, instead of 'treatment' programs which constantly fail? we should also have a lot less sympathy for drug 'addicts,' since we know that they are choosing their own fate. no more excuses for them.
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