However, the wish to find a global force that may help us overcome a galloping addictive desire bumps into an unexpected obstacle, a purely philosophic one. There can be no force like that at all. We live in a world where the life order is a patchwork. Indeed, the mass public no longer takes such things as life aims, a personal devotion mission as imperatives for themselves. It’s a rule, not an exception when a person can quit his or her job that brings no more moral or material satisfaction and almost never feel sorry about it. The clearest description of this spirit of the public life was given by postmodernism philosophy of the 60s. The modern lifestyle stimulates the addictive behavior rather than prevents it. A person apt for the addiction needs strict discipline as a preventive measure, and a well-scheduled working day is an important factor for it. In this regard, we refer to the definitely attractive to the general public topic of alcoholism among creative individuals for the first time. We’ve to notice that the belief that famous individuals more often become alcoholics than other people hasn’t been proven by mere statistical evidence. The reason of the attention to celebritiesbad habits is evident. This reason is buried in the same ground of a celebrity. On the other hand, creative people’s alcoholism has its distinct triggers that aren’t as wide-spread in other strata. The most evident and often mentioned of them is so called Bohemian life with an “anarchic” daily schedule, unnecessary fulfillment of certain tasks, etc.

 

 

 

 

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