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by dkhenry 3401 days ago
The addiction doesn't always win. I personally know people who have kicked a heroin habit. From talking with them one thing they will tell you is that while the addiction doesn't always win, it never gives up trying either.
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And those people would be the first to tell you that it almost always wins, because it likely did until they finally kicked it.
> I personally know people

survivorship bias. You dont know all the people who succumbed to it because they're dead.

Which is why I used the word "almost"