Shall we leave anorexic women to starve to death?

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My sister in law never accused me of violating her will. If I let a poor mentally ill woman starve herself to death in my house I would have ended up in jail.

A friend of mine who has suffered from anxiety and chronic depression for years struggled with anorexia as a teenager. What ended her bout with this condition was some very strong antidepressent medication. You are lucky your anorexia dissipated without the need for medical intervention.

Let's not forget Terry Schiavo, who suffered devastating brain damage due to a sudden cardiac arrest due to complications from anorexia nervosa. I read a heartening essay by a woman in hospice care because of irreversible organ damage she suffered from years of anorexia and when she finally started eating again it was too late to save her and upon learning this she became severely depressed upon realizing she's going to die prematurely.

Evict her first.

ruveyn

My point is that there are obviously situations where it isn't right for a woman do choose what happens to her body, so the argument doesn't stand by itself. You cannot be truely pro-choice unless you adapt some solid, selfish principles. To make the "pro-choice" statement apply solely to aborbtions is even more absurd, this is permanently killing a developing-human being here, not treating some temporary disorder.

Why are you specifying cold turkey? A physical addiction (like cocaine) often requires help to break. The sensible decision in such a case would be to seek help.

I lit up my last cigarette 50 years ago. I decided to stop lighting up and I did. Cold turkey. I had a two pack a day habit then. Now I have a zero pack a day habit.

ruveyn

Nicotine isn't nearly as powerful as cocaine. And furthermore, the withdrawal symptoms of smoking are unpleasant, but they are not life threatening unlike they are for alcohol and other depressants. If you quite drinking cold turkey your cravings for alcohol will turn into seizures strong enough to require hospitalization.......Or else you will turn out like Amy Winehouse.

You still have yet to produce actual evidence in favor of the existence of free will. These anecdotes are meaningless and prove nothing. Besides, different people respond differently to addictive drugs.

Did you ever have a two pack a day habit? If you have, have you quit.

Smoking is insidious. For seven years after I quit I had this vivid "smoking" dreams. I dream I lit up and I could actually taste the tobacco smoke while dreaming. Also learning not to eat too much. People who quit smoking sometimes go on a snacking binge.

It is a hard habit to break and many people who try to break it fail.

ruveyn

Nope. Even some here have mentioned they got an eating disorder and it wasn't even their intent to lose weight and they didn't have any body image issues either. Even I have been labeled as an anorexic by my own mother because I be too lazy to eat or not even think about eating because I be too busy with what I was doing online and also the fact I ignore my hunger pains because I don't want to quit what I am doing so I keep on procrastinating. I was also diagnosed with anorexia nervosa because I was doing it intentionally too all because I thought I was fat and I feared getting fat so I wouldn't eat and ate very little. I didn't quite meet the criteria for it but they diagnosed me with it anyway. They said I was underweight too but I don't think I was. I weigh less now than I did then and I am not underweight. I still got my monthly cycles too and I believe they are getting rid of that part from the DSM V for it if I remember correctly. I am doing better now and am not that bad anymore.

That's correct. Which is why the tobacco industry is so huge: They create a product which most people cannot quit using and deliberately add nicotine in sufficient amounts to make ciggies addictive so that people can buy more.

As for me, I smoked up to 5 cloves a day at the max but it was usually 2 to 4. IDK if you've ever tried cloves but they are MUCH more potent they regular cigarettes and their effects last considerably longer. They smell nicer and you need not smoke as many to get a buzz. Djarum Blacks are the strongest and most nicotine potent tobacco products out there. It's a shame that tobacco is so deadly and unhealthy because cigarettes improve cognition even more than caffeine does.

Worst of all, the moderate stimulants that really help you think harder and stay alert longer are prescription only(schedule II): Like ritalin, benzadrine, dexedrine, and others.

The really powerful ones like cocaine and methamphetamine probably should stay illegal as they are too strong and trigger aggression and violence.

If they don´t want to continue starving, my answer would be: Help them. However, if they keep on starving even if you try to help the, let them die. It´s their (stupid) choice.

I'd have to agree.

the religious right will never accept medical marijuana.