Re:Ask HN: How did you stop drinking?
by marginalia_nu on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:37AM
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Even if it isn't in every case sufficient, it is in most cases greatly beneficial to understand what is good for you in order to lead the best life. Sure, you can sometimes hit the mark by dumb accident, but it's a lot easier if you know what you are aiming for than if you are shooting blind, as it were.
I've always described drinking as “borrowing happiness from tomorrow, sometimes at a high interest rate”.
But like any debt that might actually feel like a good deal at the time, and might actually be a good deal sometimes. And even if it isn't a good deal, if you are someone with a dependency or addiction realising this isn't simple (and even if you realise, taking action (or not) based on that realisation is often far from easy).
Regrets in hindsight are not very effective at moderating behaviour once a physical addiction or phycological (including social) dependency has set in.