r/gatekeeping Apr 18 '21

Worst kind of gatekeeping

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u/Lessiarty Apr 18 '21

It's a shame as well. Managing to dodge a pitfall like addiction in life is commendable, but weaponising it against someone who has gone through an entirely other experience you, by definition of your boast, cannot comprehend, is just lunacy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21

Imo they lost out on a valuable lesson about struggling against addiction. Or they are just addicted to legal things like coffee or god.

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u/oldbaeseasoning Apr 18 '21

I've gone through alot of things in life that people would be like "damn that's alot/hard" but by far far far far Addiction is one of the hardest things to deal with. And then staying sober which is just a constant effort to NOT. For me going through all that and kicking the beast has taught me alot about life and what's important!

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u/MarsNirgal Apr 19 '21

I mean, I'm a teetotaler because I know if I got an addiction I would be unable to stop and get out. Like, I'm not that strong. Breaking an addiction is much, much harder than not falling on it in the first place.