Agree with and express appreciation for Mr. Eddy's editorial. Share personal history and reasons for quitting as it relates to Mr. Eddy's article.
I salute Mr Eddy for his editorial detour, it's a view that needs to be articulated whenever possible.  (P.S. Unless you're a hermit, when you harm yourself you're harming others - you can't be the parent, partner, worker, friend, citizen, etc you could have been, so lots of other people ultimately are harmed too.)  My history is similar to his, along with my reasons for quitting, though another factor for me was I got sick of hanging around with people who enjoyed being stupid - in my experience, users are losers.