Small Things Add Up for both good and the bad

There is a concept in substance abuse and relapse called the Seemingly Unimportant Decision (SUDS).  A superficially innocent decision really was the smallest domino in a chain reaction into relapsing into substance abuse.  For us, SUDS are the decisions that start people down the road to abuse and neglect or cause them to relapse into that behavior.  There are a lot small  things that people should be aware of when it comes to abuse and neglect that what most people consider.

People that make a study out of how incentives work in the real world often point out a lot of perverse incentives and moral hazards before they occur. Less prudent people often doubt these insights before history proves them wrong later.  People with an understanding of SUDS and perverse incentives seem like prophets when they predict abuse and corruption.

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