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What does it mean?
Argues that freedom is a mindset separate from drug intake choices.
In plain terms
You can be free with or without drugs; self-control is the real issue.
What can you take from it?
True freedom depends on internal discipline, not external restrictions.

Where it applies

  • lifestyle choices
  • recovery debates

Putting it to work

  • defining personal freedom
  • practicing self-control

Questions to consider

  • What is a free life?
  • Does substance use limit freedom?

Another view

This ignores the physical grip of addiction.

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