I like this turn of phrase
It is exactly like that. A little warm secret fire in your heart, something that's yours and brings you comfort but slowly fucking burns everything else to ash.
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And just like fire, not every fire has to be destructive. If you use the right fuels and keep it under control, you'll have a safe fireplace.
I'd say by the time you can call it an addiction, the fire is already out of control
Very much obviously. I didn't account for that part.
Addiction is never good. I mentally used fire as a metaphor for medicine
Why post an inferior version?
Thank you, I just went with the first thing that popped up on the search engine
No problem. I just was worried this was one of the cases where it got edited to hell and back by TikTok so one one knew the original anymore haha
That's a really good description. I feel like people focus on the highs and the lows of addiction. But one of the main reason it is hard to give up an addiction is it's such a comfort. The ecstatic highs are fun, but the real appeal is having something so simple that makes you feel good.
Could we get a link to the website? Maybe, please I'd love to see it
you made lemmy.world ????
You know you are addicted to something, when you know you are addicted to something