Philip Seymour Hoffman c/d?

freedom ain't free

That is all

Good night and good luck

So you aren’t owned?

reacquainting myself with the almost cartoonish obnoxiousness and intellectual dishonesty of many of my opponents, I am compelled to return to the matter.

New board description?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJi3R1C22H8

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i'm with silby on the new description, its perfect

good to see ignatius j reilly is alive and well after all these years

boomingest post

The posts Freedom quotes on Dec 10th do not cast ilxor.com in a very good light.

Addiction has been the defining characteristic of my adult life, including homelessness, rehabs, jails, the whole bit, and I'm still not out of it. Obviously the question of whether my using substances is a choice I make, or the action of a disease which robs me of all agency, is of great interest to me, but I don't know the answer. Nobody does. I will say, the longer my struggle has dragged on, I have moved closer to embracing the disease model, based mostly on the lengths that I have gone to to help myself, the shit I've tried... It doesn't make sense I'd throw it all away, time after time. But that said, it does always feel like a choice I'm making when I use, if that even means anything.

Even Freedom argues that the addict should be shown patience and sympathy, regardless, and I agree heartily. I've had some friends & family help me and love me the whole way, and others give me the big fuck you. I try to be endlessly patient and compassionate with addicts I know, even when it's hard, that feels right to me.