The Oil Drum | I am Human, I'm American, and I'm Addicted to Oil…

Just as an addict becomes habituated to cocaine , heroin or alcohol , the ‘normal person’ possesses the neural architecture to become habituated via a positive feedback loop to the ‘chemicals’ we receive from shopping, keeping up with the joneses … Typically, in order to overcome addictions , it is usually not enough to argue about which year the drug supply is going to begin its decline. It’s a better path to understand the addiction , admit it before one hits rock bottom, …

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The Oil Drum | I am Human, I'm American, and I'm Addicted to Oil…

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