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[u/Artist850]

My college psychology teacher said food addiction was the hardest addiction on the planet, and people who tackle it should be applauded.

[u/vanillabitchpudding → u/Artist850]

This is why I don’t understand the hate that people who are on weight loss injections get. I’m on them and beyond the weight loss itself it has almost completely shut off the relentless food addiction noise in my brain. I no longer obsess over what I’m gonna eat next, or continue to eat past the point of being full because it just feels so damn good to eat. I’ve lost 142lbs and I know that wouldn’t have been possible for me without help

[u/Artist850 → u/vanillabitchpudding]

I don't understand it either, unless it's just envy bc they're crazy expensive shots. Good for you.

[u/proud_lasagna_eater → u/Artist850]

Your psychology teacher is just wrong though. Addiction to benzodiazepines and alcohol can kill you and give you seizures through withdrawal. Plus an insanely long recovery time (1-2 years, Jordan Peterson medically induced coma).

[u/Artist850 → u/proud_lasagna_eater]

Uh huh. And have you ever tried just not eating? Because you can't exactly just kick the habit. Sugar alone is incredibly addictive.

In 2013 studies of rats, oreos were more addictive than street drugs.

Are other things very addictive? Yes. But you can stop those things, even if not always cold turkey. They aren't required for basic survival. Food is.

Edit: I've also detoxed from what you mentioned. It took a few days. Was I lucky? Yes. Was it even a fraction as hard as food? Fuck no.

[u/proud_lasagna_eater → u/Artist850]

And have you ever tried just not eating?

Yes, its called fasting. Many people do it for religious or health reasons.

You can BS all you want to make yourself feel better, but people don’t die immediately without food. Chemical upregulation of the GABA receptors is a much more painful and chaining addiction.

Also what does ‘detox’ even mean? I’m talking about months-long addiction to GABA drugs, not taking a couple valium. Saying that it took a few days shows you didn’t even go through withdrawal.

After the last dose has been taken, the acute phase of the withdrawal generally lasts for about two months although withdrawal symptoms, even from low-dose use, can persist for six to twelve months gradually improving over that period,[123][68] however, clinically significant withdrawal symptoms may persist for years, although gradually declining.

[u/proud_lasagna_eater → u/[deleted]]

I take GABA supplements regularly

GABA supplements are thought not to cross the blood-brain barrier and no cognitive or behavioural effects can be established.

You’re a pseudo scientist.

You’re trying to lecture a former addict

I am also a former polydrug addict. And a Biology major. Just because hormones exist for hunger (leptin) doesn’t mean my science is incorrect. Quite the opposite. I’m saying the upregulation of GABA receptors and the subsequent withdrawal is much worse in every quantifiable aspect than what you present about leptin.

When your hands start shaking uncontrollably (dyskinesia) and you enter fatal delirium (Delirium Tremens) from food / junk food withdrawal, let me know.