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		dkhenry on Feb 22, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Just 4 miles from Center City, a heroin hellscape ... The addiction doesn't always win. I personally know people who have kicked a heroin habit. From talking with them one thing they will tell you is that while the addiction doesn't always win, it never gives up trying either.

flukus on Feb 22, 2017 | [–]

And those people would be the first to tell you that it almost always wins, because it likely did until they finally kicked it.

digler999 on Feb 22, 2017 | | [–]

> I personally know people

survivorship bias. You dont know all the people who succumbed to it because they're dead.

staticautomatic on Feb 22, 2017 | [–]

Which is why I used the word "almost"

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