I said “I think it’s worse in some ways” not “it’s more addictive than heroin”...
The fact it’s more available and cheap makes it worse than coke or heroin in my opinion for someone like my cousin for example.. When I was doing coke, I needed at least $200 worth for the night to have a good time, plus alcohol, you’re talking a couple hundred bucks... Ice cream? I can get gallons of that shit for a couple bucks...
Now again for me, I have no issue eating just a bit of ice cream or a tiny piece of cake etc.. My cousin can’t do that at all... She’ll eat the whole cake or the whole gallon of ice cream.. And yes she has literally hid her food and she’s left family get togethers pretending not to be hungry and gone to get fast food and eat it at home etc. She’s 26, 5’0 and turned herself diabetic and over 300lbs from 130lbs in a matter of a year/18 months.. She always struggled with her weight but when she was living with me I would take her to the gym and help keep her food in check, when she moved out, it all went down hill...
Again, I’m not saying it’s the absolute worst thing ever, but for some people, it is their form of heroin or cocaine etc.. Just because it doesn’t carry that stigma doesn’t mean it’s not anything like it...
And YES my thread title was meant in a joking manner as was my situation lol
But now we’re comparing a person with a real drug addiction to a person with a real food addiction.. They both have the capabilities of ruining their lives...
I’ve seen intervention and understand your point.. Have you seen “My 600lb life?” It’s literally the same thing lol.. They are literally killing themselves with food and some can’t walk or work and have to be cared for like if they were in hospice...
For some perspective 300,000 people die from obesity every year in the US compared to 47,000 deaths from opioids... Pretty big difference.. You’re not born a heroin addict (well unless a mother is using while pregnant but you know what I mean lol) and you’re not born obese.. Both can be controlled and are a decision.. Some people have harder times with them than others..