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by kandel 1097 days ago
sobriety is more radical than drugs. Being a teetotaler is far more strange socially these days than being a user.
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I posit there is no such thing a s teetotaler. That same person saying all drugs are bad will happily load up on turkey and carbs then go into a comfortable deep sleep while the chemicals manipulate them.

Simply put we are continuous chemical reactions being modified by our environments of choice.

Yeah, if you count teetotaling as anything which substance which causes you happiness you will have to look at ascetics. A few would fit this. I was thinking of any intoxicating substance which quite a few religions fit.