Addiction

Have you ever thought about civilizations caffeine addiction? Have you ever considered the implications inherent in the fact that as a culture we must drug ourselves daily with stimulants in order to convince ourselves to participate in the collective game we all agree to play? One fifth of all Americans admit to dreading Mondays. 10 to 15% of people admit to having a episode of clinical depression in their lifetime. Just over 9% admit to using illicit drugs. Alcohol and Marijuana remain the most abused illicit drugs in the USA. One would almost think that we were trying to hide from the reality of our situation. I suspect the feeling is one of helplessness. Attempting to medicate our pain is not the approach of somebody who believes that their situation can be solved. By attempting to medicate our collective depression, anxiety, angst, malaise and more away; we are saying that we cannot remove the factoring that are causing or contributing to those feelings.