An unquestioning faith in commercially-manufactured,
doctor-prescribed and psychologically-addictive medication as
the answer to every perceived or imagined
problem.
He could not live without his many pills every
day. One allowed him to
sleep, another quelled his anxiety, a third lifted his depression, others liberated or inhibited his bodily functions, lowered his cholesterol, regulated his heartbeat, soothed his aches, sharpened his vision, slowed his cognitive decline, boosted his testosterone, lowered his blood pressure, increased his immunity, banished unwelcome thoughts, made him feel
normal. They interacted to
grant him life - so he had been instructed by those selling them, and so he faithfully accepted, a devout disciple of pharmatheology.