For thousands of years, humanity has dreamed of escaping somewhere better. It is part of what being human is. A better city. A better country. A better life. Virtual reality may someday remove the need to go anywhere at all. …
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It didn't begin with addiction. It began with building a better world than the one he wanted to escape. Addiction soon followed.
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The Virtual Anonymous meeting was held in the basement of the Unitarian church on Alden Street. It felt less like a church basement and more like a bunker for broken souls. Smoke from countless cigarettes and vapes circled just outside …
When virtual reality becomes impossible to leave behind, survival depends on recovery and rediscovering a life that no longer feels real.
They clapped when Scott stood, though not wildly. Not the kind of clapping that signaled celebration. Not exactly. For the old-timers, it was the sort that acknowledged survival, something between politeness and reverence. For the newcomers, it was a quiet …
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