RFK Jr: “I believe that I was born an addict and that I'm hardwired to drink and drug myself to death.”
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March 29, 2026
"I believe that I was born an addict and that I'm hardwired to drink and drug myself to death."
"And in order to overcome that kind of biological drive, you need a spiritual fire."
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"And in order to overcome that kind of biological drive, you need a spiritual fire.”
In the words of the similarly afflicted Lizard King, “Come on baby light my [spiritual] fire.”
Opinion | I was addicted to heroin for 20 years. Here's why I am eliminating federal funding for Narcan so that an extra 10,000 people can die each year from opiate overdoses.
by RFK Jr.
Opinion | I was addicted. It takes more than federal government funded Narcan to stop. It takes God.
I encourage everyone reading this to follow the link below and watch the entire interview segment about addiction, it begins at 10:05 in the video timeline. I think the cherry picked segment that was posted on X might be leaving many people with the wrong impression.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/4t7NlAFmLck?t=605
The entire video is only about 31 minutes long, so keep yourself properly informed and don't take cherry picked video segments as being the whole story because they never are, it's very intentional misinformation.
I didn't get much of a satisfactory answer when I asked the internet how does evolution explain why people are so much smarter than necessary.
Junior' is a much better politician than he first appears. It's a shame his political career has been so thoroughly handicapped by his dysphonia.
I think hes probably in the place he was meant to be, it takes a big man to admit your weaknesses, some never do,
Link to the video I tried to link to above. I think this will work.
“Opinion | I was addicted to heroin for 20 years. Here's why I am eliminating federal funding for Narcan so that an extra 10,000 people can die each year from opiate overdoses.“
The eventual death rate from overdose among people who have required narcan would be a useful data point.
How many people actually change their ways following a narcan injection vs the number why just end up dying anyway.
Little Excursion™️ said...
Opinion | I was addicted to heroin for 20 years. Here's why I am eliminating federal funding for Narcan so that an extra 10,000 people can die each year from opiate overdoses.
by RFK Jr.
What a vile vicious piece of shit you are.
when fat people try to lose weight their worst enemies are the fat people around them.
democrats are terrible people who hate to see other people clime up out of misery.
I identify with the headline.
If you admit that addition kills, or even worse; permits you to piss away your life, there's a good chance you can get your life back.
What's worked for me every time (acid, booze and ass, eh?) is declaring "I guit yesterday" rather than I'm gonna quit tomorrow (or after the Super Bowl or my brother's visit).
The former is an established fact; the latter is subject to endless adjustment.
Not breaking a "streak" is self re-enforcing. - "just one" is breaking the streak. Starting a streak is a challege (I can stop anytime I want)
"Sunday Morning Coming Down" is a good song but Sunday morning getting up is a good life.
I ALWAYS have Narcan at hand. Pretty stupid to die needlessly if a mistake is made. Keeping a fire extinguisher in the kitchen is a sane thing to do - doesn't mean you're more likely to start a fire, just for fun.
My FWB OD'ed and I saved her life. Afterwards, in the ER (this was six or seven years ago), she demanded I take her to her dealer to get some more heroin. I refused.
BTW, the libs are only okay with addiction treatment if the government pays for it and controls it. Otherwise, DIE.
Next month I will be 32 years without a drink IF I make it that far. No thanks to Liberals. Thanks to God and a 12-step program.
I understand what he means, but the "hard-wired" metaphor is problematic when applied to humans. Just what is our hardware and what is our software? Maybe our natures and reasons for acting don't divide into an easy binary.
"Hard-wired, software, maybe just firmware?
I agree there are "Addictive personalities". I was reading about one last year, Robert Stone author of "Flag Sunrise" "Dog Soldiers" etc. The guy couldn't "eat just one". He'd eat the whole bag. He lived a long time because he had a wife and was a successful author. Without that he would've died on the street.
But what's the evolutionary reason? There doesn't seem to be any, but addictive personalities up until recently, say 1800, had no way to "Drink themselves to death". Very few could afford it. And most people died young anyway of something else. The fact is you can drink heavily and still live to 40-50, which is plenty of time to reproduce and accomplish things.
Bush 43 found a substitute for drink in exercise and religion. RFK seems to have skipped the religion part. BTW, I'm not in favor of electing ex-Drunkards or Drug addicts to high office. If you cant control what you put in your mouth, you don't have the best of judgement.
one might call it sin, you know greed envy lust, sloth, gluttony, such outdated terms,
He is right. Wishing you all a blessed Palm Sunday. May this day bring peace, hope, and new beginnings in your lives.
step 2!
“We came to be aware that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”
Foundational.
The only thing the 'higher power' can not be is myself.
It's harder than you'd think for an addict
I think the Hardwired idea is problematic, but essentially moot. I know, children of alcoholics who never drank or drugged. Yet still exhibited personality traits of the alcoholic that are their lives unmanageable and worse. Epigenetics? i’m convinced the why of things is never fully answerable in any context. Hardwired is very digestible. It ain’t my fault I’m hardwired.
Medical detoxes in New York City are required by law to avoid preaching or rather instructing patients to go after abstinence. If they refuse, they receive absolutely no financial aid from the city. This is the left. Absolutely no faith in the individual. Addicts are lumped together and essentially directed to the streets. All in the name of compassion.
This refusal to support the abstinence approach to sobriety is essentially an attack on alcoholics anonymous. There are also attempts to undermine the spiritual structure of Alcoholics Anonymous that come from within the membership. Anybody can join just state I have a desire to stop drinking and drugging. They have already started rewriting the literature and tenets.
Yes, gut dysbiosis (an imbalance in gut microbiota) is closely linked to opioid and alcohol addiction, primarily acting as a bidirectional driver that fuels addiction behaviors, inflammation, and cravings. While not the sole cause, dysbiosis promotes neuroinflammation and disrupts brain-gut signals.
Nature
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How Gut Dysbiosis Affects Addiction:
Inflammation and "Leaky Gut": Dysbiosis creates a "leaky gut," allowing bacterial toxins into the bloodstream, which causes inflammation and signals the brain to crave substances.
Neurotransmitter Disruption: Imbalanced bacteria reduce the production of neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin, causing anxiety, depression, and increased cravings.
Opioid-Induced Dysbiosis: Opioids directly kill good bacteria (Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium) and increase harmful bacteria, causing constipation and increased tolerance.
Alcohol's Impact: Alcohol abuse damages the intestinal barrier, causing microbial imbalances that drive behavioral changes like anxiety and increased alcohol seeking.
Nature
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Key Findings:
Bidirectional Relationship: Addictive substances cause dysbiosis, and the resulting dysbiosis encourages continued substance use.
Medical detoxes in New York City are required by law to avoid preaching or rather instructing patients to go after abstinence
Another reason to not live in New York. I might be dead or doing life without parole.
I had two doctors who fully understood the degree of my alcoholism but wise enough to understand that formal in-patient detox would cause more problems than it might fix. One was a Shrink, the other; a liver doc.
Both understood that under a calm surface, there was a lot of anger and a possbility of violence if the line between "self" control and "other" control was breeched.
After nearly bleeding-out from a badly-used esophagus (Let's hear it for ice-old ,Martinis, dressed-up with three olives and blue cheese on a stick!), I was givien a life-saving choice. MY choice.
Stop Now. Completely. My "over/under" number was 90 days., otherwise. Since he put it like that..
He also said, re-hab won't work, for you. You'll have to do it yourself. Not much chance of that, but good luck.
I hate when people say stuff like that. It's been over seven years and the liver doc just shakes his head when I show-up for the 6-month billing event, now.
Every day on the green side of the grass is one more chance for good (or fun) to happen.
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