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Can you think of an example where psychological "Escapism" has destroyed lives and relationships? What about broken marriages and family relationships? Once a person has developed a psychological dependency on "Escapism," can alcohol and drug induced "Escapism" be that far behind?;
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www.sabbatarian.com/Content/Escapism.html
www.sabbatarian.com/Content/Escapism.html
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Rites of passage in American Society occur through the pressures of recreational drug and alcohol use, which then leads to addiction towards the "good feeling." Lacking culturally accepted "rites of passage" in American Society fuels the reality escapism that drugs and alcohol offer.
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www.helium.com/items/279079-why-people-use-drugs-and-al...
www.helium.com/items/279079-why-people-use-drugs-and-alcohol-as-a-means-of-escaping-reality
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25 articles on Why people use drugs and alcohol as a means of escaping reality ... There are various reasons why one uses drugs and alcohol in cultures around the world. Historically, the most prevalent reason has been as a doorway to the spiritual realm. Though escapism, another motivation for drug use, is...
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www.helium.com/knowledge/3707-why-people-use-drugs-and-...
www.helium.com/knowledge/3707-why-people-use-drugs-and-alcohol-as-a-means-of-escaping-reality
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Expert advice on handling drug abuse in children ... Psychiatrists and psychologists have said that even seemingly small problems such as wanting to feel grown up and feeling restricted in the home environs could give a child a false sense of security in drug escapism.
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www.wisedude.com/expert_advice/handle_drug_abuse.htm
www.wisedude.com/expert_advice/handle_drug_abuse.htm
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The legal settlement is there as a civil public defense against the human weakness of all kinds of drug-escapism for the state of illusion. ...
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www.theorderoftime.com/science/sciences/articles/drugs....
www.theorderoftime.com/science/sciences/articles/drugs.addiction.control.html
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Drug Rehab Advice Center ... While there is no absolute scientific formula for identifying when an individual’s drug consumption has developed into a full-blown addiction problem, ... Often begun as a temporary form of emotional escapism, drug abuse leads to much more serious problems in the long run.
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www.drugrehabadvice.org/stagesofaddiction.html
www.drugrehabadvice.org/stagesofaddiction.html
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Someone who thinks he has no chance to live such a life, and who faces immediate problems which seem very severe, might think that taking drugs is sensible. ... Many people in the United States regularly use "recreational" drugs. But drug use is not recreation at all. It is a foolish type of escapism.
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www.theadvocates.org/freeman/8902leef.html
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Once a person has developed a psychological dependency on "Escapism," can alcohol and drug induced "Escapism" be that far behind? So why do we as a society prefer to bury our "Head in the Sand" like an ostrich (or into an alcohol or drug induced stupor), and ignore the realities of life?
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www.scribd.com/doc/17287406/Escapism
www.scribd.com/doc/17287406/Escapism
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TV has all the hallmarks of a drug, escapism, pleasure etc. Not that it hasn’t got its good points: As a teaching tool, information source, or parasociability etc. but it can be and is a powerful means of living vicariously and substituting secondary reality for one’s primary existence.
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scienceblogs.com/cortex/2009/07/television_and_loneline...
scienceblogs.com/cortex/2009/07/television_and_loneliness.php
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