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The pattern, "Once you do X you won't want to not do X" isn't inherently evil. Once you breathe oxygen you won't want to not breathe oxygen.
I think the deeper problem has to do with identity. If doing X implies that I will suddenly stop caring about everything I am doing, have done, or will do... is it still me?
The sunk cost fallacy may come into play as well.
"Once you stopped breathing oxygen you won't want to breathe oxygen ever again." is a more evil example.
Well, there is an adjustment period there.
Breathing oxygen isn't a choice, though. You have to go to great lengths (such as inserting yourself into an environment where it isn't breathable, such as vacuum or deep water) to stop breathing it for more than a few minutes before your conscious control is overriden.