History PlayingWith / FunctionalAddict

* '''Subverted''': It turns out that Bob has never taken drugs and was only pretending to be a FunctionalAddict to impress his friends; after he starts taking drugs for real, things go downhill as he loses his job, Alice divorces him, he goes bankrupt, and his health starts to deteriorate.

** Bob, a FunctionalAddict, gives a lecture at a high school explaining that drugs can be very dangerous, that his own situation certainly doesn't mean everyone who becomes an addict will be functional, and that the drugs he takes could still have a negative effect on his life.
** Bob is not functional despite his addiction. [[BreakTheCutie Bob is functional]] ''[[TraumaCongaLine because]]'' [[DrowningMySorrows of his addiction.]]
** Otherwise functional or not, the health complications from his drug abuse will lead Bob to an early grave.

* '''Parodied''': Bob is so convinced that drug addiction is completely inconsequential that he celebrates Christmas by dumping crack cocaine in the water main.

** Bob is a drug addict, and as a result his life has completely fallen apart -- he can't hold down a job, he lives in a slum, Alice has left him, his kids hate him, and his health is rapidly deteriorating.

* '''Justified''': Bob has severe chronic pain and the drugs he took ends up building up such a dependence that he'd have trouble kicking the habit if he somehow lost all the chronic pain. He is determined to live as he did before the accident.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's life as a married man with three kids, his career as a surgeon, his sideline as an exercise coach, his holiday hobby of exploring jungles, and his physical health in general are all completely unaffected by the fact that he's addicted to several varieties of hard drug, including heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamine.

** Bob is a drug addict, and as a result his life has completely fallen apart - he can't hold down a job, he lives in a slum, his wife has left him, his kids hate him, and his health is rapidly deteriorating.
** Bob has recently stopped taking drugs, but this results in the majority of his friends leaving him because they consider him no fun when he isn't on drugs, his boss firing him for not working all night due to being extremely hyped up from the drug, and being in debt to the rehab clinic.
* '''Subverted''': It turns out that Bob has never taken drugs and was only pretending to be a FunctionalAddict to impress his friends; after he starts taking drugs for real, things go downhill as he loses his job, his wife divorces him, he goes bankrupt, and his health starts to deteriorate.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but then it turns out that Bob was fired due to a long record of poor performance, his wife was planning to divorce him long before he started drugs, his financial trouble is due to accumulated gambling debts, and his deteriorating health is due to a SoapOperaDisease he hasn't told anyone about. Drugs become one of the few things that ''aren't'' actively wrecking his life.

* '''Zig Zagged''': How Bob deals with drugs is incredible inconsistent. In some episodes he's a complete wreck. In other ones he's about as good as everyone else including being sober. In other ones he's more functional than everyone else. However it is later revealed that he wasn't on drugs on the earlier episodes just dealing with mental health issues. He later did start taking drugs to self medicate however.
* '''Averted''': Bob is addicted to drugs, and while it isn't necessarily a major part of the story or even his character, he does suffer from most of the issues that tend to be associated with it - health issues, financial trouble and general instability in his life.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Conversed''': Alice and Bob watch a TV show in which a character is portrayed as mostly functional despite his drug addiction; they then get into an argument about whether this is plausible.
* '''Implied''': A slice of life story features a main character on a duty... Audience notices a crack pipe in a background on the room scene.

** Bob is not functional despite his addiction. [[BreakTheCutie Bob is functional]] ''[[TraumaCongaLine because]]'' [[DrowningMySorrows of his addiction]].

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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's life as a married man with three kids, his career as a surgeon, his sideline as an exercise coach, his holiday hobby of exploring jungles, and his physical health in general are all completely unaffected by the fact that he's addicted to several varieties of hard drug, including heroin, crack cocaine and ecstasy.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob, a FunctionalAddict, gives a lecture at a high school explaining that drugs can be very dangerous, that his own situation certainly doesn't mean everyone who becomes an addict will be functional, and that the drugs he takes could still have a negative effect on his life.

* '''Implied''': A slice of life story features a main character on a duty... Audience notices a crack pipe in a background on the room scene.

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Inverted''': Bob is a drug addict, and as a result his life has completely fallen apart - he can't hold down a job, he lives in a slum, his wife has left him, his kids hate him, and his health is rapidly deteriorating.
** Alternatively, Bob has recently stopped taking drugs, but this results in the majority of his friends leaving him because they consider him no fun when he isn't on drugs, his boss firing him for not working all night due to being extremely hyped up from the drug, and being in debt to the rehab clinic.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob, a FunctionalAddict, gives a lecture at a high school explaining that drugs can be very dangerous, that his own situation certainly doesn't mean everyone who becomes an addict will be functional, and that the drugs he takes could still have a negative effect on his life.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...but also elaborates on his own current lifestyle as a FunctionalAddict and explains how it IS medically plausible.
* '''Zig Zagged''': How Bob deals with drugs is incredible inconsistent. In some episodes he's a complete wreck. In other ones he's about as good as everyone else including being sober. In other ones he's more functional than everyone else. However it is later revealed that he wasn't on drugs on the earlier episodes just dealing with mental health issues. He later did start taking drugs to self medicate however.

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* '''Justified''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': ...but then it turns out that Bob was fired due to a long record of poor performance, his wife was planning to divorce him long before he started drugs, his financial trouble is due to accumulated gambling debts, and his deteriorating health is due to a SoapOperaDisease he hasn't told anyone about.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's life as a married man with three kids, his career as a surgeon, his holiday hobby of exploring jungles, and his physical health in general are all completely unaffected by the fact that he's addicted to several varieties of hard drug, including heroin, crack cocaine and ecstasy.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's life as a married man with three kids, his career as a surgeon, and his physical health in general are all completely unaffected by the fact that he's addicted to several varieties of hard drug, including heroin, crack cocaine and ecstasy.

'''Basic Trope''': A trope(common convention that you can expect to show up in certain works)