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Originally Posted by aklim
So? Damage might already have been done. Point is, the current condition might be a result of what they have done. So what if you have slimmed down and eaten right? You have weakened your heart and have diabetes. Yes, it is good that you haven't done anything to make it worse but the fact is that you, at this point, are NOT a victim of circumstances.
I cheated on my wife in the past. Now I have seen the light and stopped after both of us having herpes. Will the herpes go away because I see the light now? I didn't but hypothetically.
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What you fail to see is that not doing anything about it will have even harsher consequences. Yes you are right that a little damage has already been done and it will manifest in one form or another at a later time BUT.........
The consequences will be a lot less than if a person hadn't seen the light and changed his ways.
Example: 1. having Diabetes and not doing anything about it will cause you to go into coma and if you are lucky and don't go into coma then you will definitely loose your kidneys and/or go blind or many polyneuropathies and have anesthesia of the lower limb with will cause you to get sores on your feet and legs and eventually get gangrene cause you to loose the leg through amputation. All this can occur at a fairly young age.
NOW, if you changed your habits early on, you can avoid blindness, amputations, dialysis, etc and may end up dying with a heart attack later on in life without a warning and may live a pretty healthy life. Yes the heart attack may have been due to the past CONTROLLED diabetes but having a silent myocardial infarction (Heart Attack without pain) is something I would prefer over the former.
EXAMPLE 2: You cheated on your wife but then you saw the light and stopped cheating on her and both of you have herpes. BE THANKFULL THAT YOU ONLY SAW THE LIGHT AND ONLY HAVE HERPES. In contrast, if you hadn't seen the light and continued then herpes would have been the least of your problems as you may have:
A) Lost your wife (divorce)
B) Both gotten Hepatitis B, C, D, E
C) Both may have gotten HIV and AIDS, etc.
So it was still good that you got herpes and saw the light and changed your ways and only have to live with herpes. You at least tried to better yourself right?
(P.S. I know you don't have herpes)
So, the damage may already have been done but it can still be limited by change of behavior and lifestyle modification.