Thank you for the responses, and thanks ahead of time for any future responses.
Originally Posted by Incubus
There can be no good without evil, your friend wants to escape this world and live in his own. one in which he uses drugs this gives him much more pleasure and entertainment than ordinary mundane life, he prefers fantasy rather than reality, can you blame him? unfortunately his addiction has had and will continue to have a detrimental effect psychologically and physically, continuously numbing his mind and his "conscience" as he slowly loses his ability for compassion, understanding and empathy due to the long term effect's the drug has had and will continue to have on his brain you could say he is slowly losing himself as his chosen temporary reality takes over his mundane reality.
In conclusion to your question I don't believe people are born evil but simply influenced psychologically by several factors mainly upbringing and environment although having said that people could be born with a brain disorder maybe a hormone imbalance leaving part of there brain that regulates empathy,compassion,understanding and decision making etc,impaired or not functionally optimally, so there biology would be to blame in that instance.
really you need to ask, does free will exist? if free will doesn't exist then people have no option, people cannot choose there environment and associates there opportunity's and experiences there hobbies and interests there addictions... another words people cant choose to be good or evil there born that way.
"innocence cannot Coexist alongside corruption"
He is 37 years old. He had some glaring personality flaws when we were kids, but he seemed like a great guy since he became an adult, aside from some a few bad drug behaviors that showed up from time to time. He reached a whole new level last spring.
I don't believe in free will, but I do believe in choice. I think choices are determined by the laws of physics. His brain is in a terrible state, and I am wondering if it was already in a pretty bad state and he just acted fake for almost two decades. I am seriously wondering. But you are probably right. I think the chemicals involved in conscience are out of wack and his conscience just isn't there any more although it used to be.
The thing about the fantasy element of drugs is that they start out that way and then become just addictions. I don't think he is really getting high any more. He is just preventing himself from getting sick and following an irrational obsession.
Originally Posted by TimeDragon97
Drugs and addictions fuck with the brain. They can change a person quite a bit. They are addicts. They crave drugs like anyone else craves food. Maybe it's worse. They need help. It sounds like his addiction was more serious than yours. Any idea what he was on?
I agree that he needs help, but he is not within light years of agreeing to it. I understand the extreme cravings, but it seems like there is a lack of conscience involved in putting the cravings first. People with solid morals and conscience will suffer a lot to avoid hurting the innocent. Serious drug addicts usually don't.
He admitted to being a Lorcet addict until last April. He might be on that now, but he acts much more like he is on Adderrall or cocaine. Those are the drugs he has a long history of abusing. They also turn him into an irrational asshole, and that is what he is at all times now. But like TimeDragon97 said, drugs can break down a person's conscience. I think that is what has happened. He really seemed like he used to have one.
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