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Posted 3/28/2017 3:31 AM (GMT -5)
Just wondering if there's anyone here that has no family, wife, girlfriend, children, job or dog?

If so...what motivated you to seek treatment?
Posted 3/28/2017 5:54 AM (GMT -5)
Kind of a funny question. I don't have nor want 3 out the 6 things you listed turn

Not dying a horrible death was my #1 motivator.
Posted 3/28/2017 6:14 AM (GMT -5)
You forgot to mention: 401k retirement plan, house, nice wheels, fishing, watching movies, beach vacations, walks in the woods, photography, ...
And, of course the, chance that in the future there will be "family, wife, girlfriend, children, job or dog".
Posted 3/28/2017 6:38 AM (GMT -5)
Could you take your question a bit farther, island time? Are you asking about primary therapy with a good chance of long-term cure? Or something farther down the road where there are possibly more questionable trade-offs between benefits and side-effects?

Best to you -
Wilderness
Posted 3/28/2017 8:56 AM (GMT -5)
Island time,
Question for you what prompted you to ask that,haven't you better things to do.
Posted 3/28/2017 9:03 AM (GMT -5)
I think this is a valid question. In my case, I can't give my own perspective since the situation doesn't apply to me. (I have a great wife, a pretty good dog and at least three bartenders that I keep in business.) But if I could hazard a guess I think that in general humans have a hard-wired survival instinct.
Posted 3/28/2017 9:47 AM (GMT -5)
Well I have 2 of those things (wife and dogs) but what really motivates me is the desire to live comfortably as long as possible.

Ron
Posted 3/28/2017 9:50 AM (GMT -5)
It may not even matter if the patient is "unattached." What I think will drive the survival instinct is whether or not the patient likes/loves their own life, whatever it may contain. If one truly does not like their life, I think they will have far less incentive to extend it. If, on the other hand, they really do like or love their lives, they will probably go much farther to ensure that they live as long as they can.
Posted 3/28/2017 8:54 PM (GMT -5)
I agree, we as a species, have an innate desire to live. We can all find joy in life, whether or not we have a family, wife, girlfriend, children, etc.
Posted 3/28/2017 11:30 PM (GMT -5)
I did it for me. I'm worth it!
Posted 3/29/2017 12:25 AM (GMT -5)
I must be misunderstanding the question, because it seems to me that the implication of the question is that if you don't have a family, wife, girlfriend, children, job or dog, then there is no point in trying to save your life.

I don't believe IT thinks that!

Chas
Posted 3/29/2017 12:32 AM (GMT -5)
either that or he has none of the above but decided to seek treatment for other reasons.

ed
Posted 3/29/2017 1:12 PM (GMT -5)
I did it for me... and will fight to my dying breath for me.
Posted 3/29/2017 1:32 PM (GMT -5)
I will stop fighting when bankruptcy seems a strong possibility. I will not put that on my wife.
But I fight because of me, wife, kids, and grand kids. Oh yeah, and my dog Cooper.
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