all or all

There is an unforgiving mood regarding human behavior, which is almost always unjustified. It resonates from and "all or nothing" mentality. Normally I like that, but when it applies to the judgement of someones character it's problematic.

A chief example is when it comes to drinking alcohol. Chronic alcoholics are expected by the majority to quit cold turkey, and if they have 1 more drink, or 33 more, they have relapsed. Truth be told, All they've done is had some alcohol, and are guilty of no more. It's not decisive victory for addiction- from that moment on they could still quit, and even if they still drink less often they've probably reduced some of their issues with it.

The same is obviously applied to other drug use. "I tried to quit, but then something really stressful happened and I was all like "yo I need a cig". Ok, you needed a cig, but you don't neccesarily need another, do you? Give the rest of the pack to the neighborhood kids.

There is alot of stupidity surrounding vegetarianism, none of which is the vegetarianism itself(which only means not eating meat, by the way). Whenever somebody finds out I'm a vegetarian through some accidental personable conversation, someone pipes up with some ridiculous anecdote that goes almost exactly as such "I was a vegetarian for a while, but then someone offered me a burger/turkey/been jerkey, and I ate it". There is never an addition of "and it was great, so I kept eating meat". In fact, they usually add "It was... ok". Well, then you ate meat. You could still go back to a vegetarian diet, and similar to quitting anything, you'll still be better off if you do it most of the time, if you can't do it all the time.

This applies to a multitude of things. We hang people out to dry for having a drink, a cigarette, or a sandwhich, instead of the people who don't have the presence of mind to even question their actions or the wherewithal to try something new.