Think of your being on the road, in your car.
Your engine overheats, you make it to a service station.
They fix your car, you get gas.
Do you then stay at the gas station or keep returning to that same gas station?
In a good situation, the benfits are there - but they free us to go beyond the social setting where we felt relief.
In a bad situation, the benefits are there -- but to hook us in.
We never leave the service station. We and other people are convinced its the only place that understands our vehicles.
We stay at the service station doing the social equivalent of living on soda and chips for months, years, and let our outside friends and family drop away, staying only with the others stuck at the gas station living on junk food.
Your engine overheats, you make it to a service station.
They fix your car, you get gas.
Do you then stay at the gas station or keep returning to that same gas station?
In a good situation, the benfits are there - but they free us to go beyond the social setting where we felt relief.
In a bad situation, the benefits are there -- but to hook us in.
We never leave the service station. We and other people are convinced its the only place that understands our vehicles.
We stay at the service station doing the social equivalent of living on soda and chips for months, years, and let our outside friends and family drop away, staying only with the others stuck at the gas station living on junk food.