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Originally Posted by Dominicwasalreadytaken
Well, of course, generally, nobody wants to live on the streets. But some people are more willing to follow the lifestyle that leads to the streets than others.
I have an addictive personality. Once I get hooked on something (cigs, messageboards, porn  ) I just can't unhook myself. I chose not to ever get anywhere near pot or anything like that strictly because I know that I would get addicted and it would start the lifestyle that could land me on the streets. Am I lucky because I am able to choose the lifestyle I want?
I suppose it's a good philosophical argument. Are those with addictive personalities doomed before they even make it out of the womb? Are they unlucky because they fed those addictions while others were able to refrain from them? I don't buy it. It's basically saying that we can't accept any responsibility for anything bad that happens in our life, because we were unlucky to have a certain situation present itself to us, and we weren't able to tell the right way from the wrong way. No choice, we were just doomed before we knew what was happening. I just can't buy that. |
Mecidally, yes, sometimes addictive personalities are born out of the womb, I'm not completely sure on the numbers, but a baby born to a mother who has an addiction to certian drugs are a number of times more likely to be addicted later in life than someone born under "normal circumstances".