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Knowledge that one need not use heroin this day has never saved those who are its servants, nor those servants' prey.

> Knowledge that one need not use heroin this day has never saved those who are its servants

Recovery rates for heroin addicts "ranges from 35-65%" [1]. And Facebook isn't as addictive as heroin.

[1] http://crehab.org/2017/08/14/heroin-addiction-why-the-recove...

I am a little unsure whether Facebook truly isn't as addictive as heroin, or that it couldn't ultimately be as the algorithms improve. I find it as pernicious as alcohol, for my personal, subjective, experience.

Have you done heroin yourself? I haven't, but it's a mistake to assume that Heroin is the most addictive drug ever.

Anecdotally, I'm had several friends completely had their lives ruined by benzodiazapene addiction (usually in the form of street-pressed xanax [alprazolam]), so personally I would probably rather be addicted to heroin than benzos (not that I would want to be addicted to either)

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