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by Supermancho 558 days ago
It also sucks to be homeless. paired with self medication, yes. this is one of the reasons. survival mode will cause extreme behaviors for anyone.
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It just doesn’t make sense.

Meth can keep you up longer but you’ll still need to sleep eventually.

People like to justify “bad” behavior. We all do it all the time. I just ate some potato chips even though I knew I had enough food today because I have a long day tomorrow and told myself it’d help me sleep.

Who said all the time? Thats a strawman you construct just to knock down. Obviously that isnt practical. This is a bad faith assertion.

We could take a moment to think abiut how it starts and why. Lets suppose you get into an altercation or proximity of a known bad actor and have concerns. Someone offers you a small bump so you can take shifts. happens everyday to the homeless. Day to day problems are highly contextual (eg students taking adderall to cram similarly). Addictions evolve from innocent actions.

Yes, I'm sure it went like:

- Oh jeez, I need to stay awake so people don't steal my stuff. Does anybody here have coffee? No? Only meth? Oh well.

And no other way.

> And no other way.

This was never mentioned.

Let's remember:

Homeless person. Coffee on the street at 3am every night, or hauling your...we'll say cart of stuff for simplicity; to some coffee shop, is not realistic.

So instant coffee is less obtainable than meth?