“The wounds might heal, but the scars still will remain” wow I love that you said this one! I used to say it often back in the day;) “the snake that eats itself” where do you get these epic analogies from? I live for it!:P
I think it is safe to say that we’re self-destructive;) but you are absolutely right. Such unhealthy habits are very hard to break and it takes more than just good will to eradicate the f*** out of them;)
I wonder if we can eradicate them. They become part of our machinery that drives us. Like gears that make us run all wonky. We can build other gears to correct the operation, but the wonky gears remain.