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You break an addiction the same way you do literally anything else. Purpose in life, work ethic, and dedication to pursue your goals.
This is some of the most hand waving vaguery I've ever read. You may as well have said that you break addiction by 'being rad '.
I think I did kind of okay for an explanation on such a complex subject in only 23 words. I guarantee you that a person without all three of those things won't break an addiction, but also yeah it can't be any better defined because all three of them are subjective to the person in question. A good work ethic for me is not the same as it is to you, a purpose in life can be anything, and pursuing the goal can have wildly different meaning as well.
Wow thanks I'm cured. Where do you recommend buying bootstraps?
Feels like a pretty weak argument to compare my statement "give your life purpose" to the larger socioeconomic issue of lack of upward mobility of class. I didn't tell anybody how to get rich quick, I told them how to rationalize an end to self harm.