Originally Posted by
limitles
Ok, to the point. You managed to presume that "the addict" assumes future events relating to the gambler's fallacy, which is enough on it's own, but the fallacy you described is not the gambler's fallacy.
Time away from the bad crowd and "rewiriing" is just too vague and no
ultimate route exists
1) There is the Monte Carlo fallacy, which is also called the "gambler's fallacy," but the truth is that there are many things colloquially referred to as gambler's fallacy which generally describe lessons we can only learn through the rule of large numbers, etc. But I am always open to people on this forum trying to poke little holes - it's kind of like when people find small spelling or grammatical issues when they don't have anything of substance to say about the content.
So the way I am using it here, I am describing how an addict will assume that future events will present a different set of circumstances than the present, when in reality the present is identical to the future and must be treated as such, instead of assuming that one is having a hard time now and because one is having a hard time now, that the future will not be as hard. This is DIRECTLY analogous to the TEXTBOOK definition of the gambler's fallacy, which is when someone betting assumes that the outcomes of the present and the past have influence on the future. Does that make sense? I'll be happy to walk through it for you, in case you are one of those sociopaths who is incapable of recognizing metaphor and analogy.
2) Time away from the bad crowd and "rewiring" may sound vague to you, who apparently knows nothing about Ibogaine. Getting away from people who do and possess drugs is the best and most direct advice any addict receives. Do you need more specifics? This isn't something that is my opinion, this is common of pretty much any health professional or addiction specialist. I can see how you would need more details if you know nothing about the subject-matter.
As for re-wiring, maybe spend 2 minutes looking into Ibogaine. It's only the biggest paradigm shift in recent approaches to depression and addiciton and most neuroscientists refer to the action that the drug takes as a "rewiring" of our synapses chains, which can cause drastics shifts in our ability to break cycles and "rewire" our outlook on our past and our future.