Is Living Ones Life An Addiction That Requires Treatment?

Is it?
Should there be treatment centers for it?
Counciling and restraint to help one with the process and withdrawls?

If you mean “addictive” in the same sense that food, air and water are “addictive,” then the answer is yes.

What acceptable alternative is there to ‘living one’s life’?

Anyway, it isn’t life, but tomatoes that are the real problem.

On that basis, additionally:

Should individuals have the legal option to pay for such treatment services?

Should individuals be forced by the state to enter such a treatment program?

What the hell are we talking about here?

Euthanasia?
Suicide?
Mindless Drivel?

What?

Mangetout,

I’m not sure that I understand your criteria for unacceptability.
I am of the mind that it is possible, and as such, an alternative, to not be living ones life. Are you forming the unacceptability of this teeatment on the basis that you disagree that it is possible?
What is unacceptable to you may very well be a symptom of denial. Denial is one of the mechanisms used to support addictive behavior. On this basis, I’m not sure that your judgement is sound at this point.

Is that you, Justhink?

I’m not at the stage of accepting, rejecting or denying your ideas yet, because you haven’t yet made it clear what the hell you’re talking about.

No. No it is not.

I could live someone else’s life, but they might take issue with that.

Mangetout,

I don’t understand how to make the topic clearer. The topic seems straightforward in my estimation:

Is living ones life an addiction, and as such, something that requires treatment?

You in turn suggested that there is no acceptable option to living ones life. That sounds like classic denial to me. I believe that most individuals checked into treatment centers feel this way.

It seems then, that your unacceptability of an action must be based on the idea that the intended state of withdrawl is impossible to achieve, and that the addiction is impossible to treat, because there is no such thing as “not living ones life”.

This seems to be an argument you must compellingly put forth, as I argue that there is such a thing as “not living ones life”.

If you are not basing your unacceptability on the premise of impossibility, then it seems to me that you are basing it on some sort of value judgement that discriminates against the freedom to choose which addictions one seeks to eliminate.

Maybe your motive is that such a stance helps support your denial system.

I’m assuming “Justthink” is a user name, correct?

Others have asked this already, but just for emphasis…

What exactly do you mean by “living one’s life”? Can you be explicit, please? Without clarifying this point, there can be no room for meaningful discussion.

Unless you’re going to invoke some sort of metaphysical stuff (and I don’t mind that, really) then the alternative to an individual ‘living life’ involves the destruction of that individual and therefore ‘not living one’s life’ is not something you can do.

Withdrawal symptons seem quite unlikely too.

Unless of course you’re assigning some other meaning than death to the phrase ‘not living one’s life’, hence my repeated requests for clarification; don’t expect people to guess your position only to have you laughingly point out that no, that isn’t what you are saying at all. Make your point.

And yes, Justhink was another user. He is now enjoying the state of ‘not posting’, probably.

JThunder,

I was content with how Zenster clarified a general definition of what is being abstained from. In addition to Zenster’s points, one may additionally desire to abstain from the ability to think, percieve or feel again. One may be looking for a change of scenery and attempt this form of therapy as a form of travel.

It seems clear that one would primarily be given care and support on kicking their addiction to oxygen, water and food.

Would this involve mechanical suicide machines?

Absention from living is a special case though, because it necessarily negates the existence of the abstentor.

Mangetout,

That sounds like a potential market. Why mechanical though?
A patient may request or require such devices if they cannot withdraw ‘cold turkey’. This would be similar to how those quitting smoking use Zyban to aid their will. I suupose there would be a whole range of prostheses to help address this addiction.

Wait a moment…

This isn’t just your clever way of saying ‘nobody should be forced to break their addiction to drugs’ is it?

Mangetout,

Now I’m going to reciprocate your earlier response.
What’s your point?

Do you plan to eternally exist as an abstentor?

My religious faith says a thing or two about external existence, but I fear that would be a worthless sidetrack in this thread, which is going so well.

I’m still not sure whether you’re debating in favour of euthanasia, suicide, drug addiction or some other bizarre thing, but I’m going to bed now, I’ll look forward to seeing where this one ends up in the morning.