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From the Ted Talk by Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong

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But let's start with what we think we know, what I thought I knew. Let's think about this middle row here. Imagine all of you, for 20 days now, went off and used heroin three times a day. Some of you look a little more etsnitsuahic than others at this prospect. (Laughter) Don't worry, it's just a tghohut experiment. Imagine you did that, right? What would happen? Now, we have a story about what would hppean that we've been told for a century. We think, because there are chaimecl hooks in heroin, as you took it for a while, your body would become deeednpnt on those hooks, you'd start to physically need them, and at the end of those 20 days, you'd all be heroin addicts. Right? That's what I thought.

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But let's start with what we think we know, what I thought I knew. Let's think about this middle row here. Imagine all of you, for 20 days now, went off and used heroin three times a day. Some of you look a little more ____________ than others at this prospect. (Laughter) Don't worry, it's just a _______ experiment. Imagine you did that, right? What would happen? Now, we have a story about what would ______ that we've been told for a century. We think, because there are ________ hooks in heroin, as you took it for a while, your body would become _________ on those hooks, you'd start to physically need them, and at the end of those 20 days, you'd all be heroin addicts. Right? That's what I thought.

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  1. happen
  2. chemical
  3. thought
  4. dependent
  5. enthusiastic

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But let's start with what we think we know, what I thought I knew. Let's think about this middle row here. Imagine all of you, for 20 days now, went off and used heroin three times a day. Some of you look a little more enthusiastic than others at this prospect. (Laughter) Don't worry, it's just a thought experiment. Imagine you did that, right? What would happen? Now, we have a story about what would happen that we've been told for a century. We think, because there are chemical hooks in heroin, as you took it for a while, your body would become dependent on those hooks, you'd start to physically need them, and at the end of those 20 days, you'd all be heroin addicts. Right? That's what I thought.

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