pick up the first drink, that yearning for something, something outside the self that will provide relief and solace and well-being. You hear echoes of it all the time in AA meetings, that sense that there’s a well of emptiness inside and
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aww. . this rivals infinite jest for drunkalogue. As I recall Infinite Jest did not really have a drunkalogue but other addictions eg opiates, tv, 12 step programs as well.


“The rats that were trapped alone in cages opted to get high as much as possible, but the rats with interesting lives (community, space, toys) tried the drugged water once or twice, and then stayed away from it. The rats with lives worth living had little interest in the escapism the drugs offered. Overall, they consumed less than a quarter of the drugged water the isolated rats did. None overdosed or ignored food until they starved.”
― Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
― Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity

“The investigation also identified numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign.”
― The Mueller Report
― The Mueller Report

“many of us have been convinced that we carry the darkness within us, in our selfish genes. “It is simply human nature,” we’re told, “to rape and kill and enslave—and anyone who thinks otherwise is a foolish romantic.” This messaging not only offends our decency and dignity, it insults our intelligence. The depiction of human nature embedded in the NPP isn’t science; it’s a marketing campaign for the status quo.”
― Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
― Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity

“A statement that the investigation did not establish particular facts does not mean there was no evidence of those facts.”
― The Mueller Report
― The Mueller Report
“The investigation also identified numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign.”
― The Mueller Report
― The Mueller Report
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