Recovery – The Other Half of the Addiction Disease Myth
Over the course of the last 30 years of helping people move past addiction, I’ve come to see...
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Category: Drug Addiction
Relative Happiness and Changing Your Substance Use Habit
When we say in The Freedom Model that people will change their substance use behaviors and habits...
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Why Do People Fear Leaving AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)
For More on the topic of this article, check out The Addiction Solution Podcast’s latest...
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Why is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Considered a Cult?
For More on the topic of this article, check out The Addiction Solution Podcast’s latest...
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I Hate Getting Drunk – So Why Do I Keep Doing It?
For an in-depth discussion focusing on the topic of this article, check out The Addiction...
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One Man’s Tale of Escaping the 12 Step Recovery Trap
I was a child who grew up in an AA household from as far back as I can remember. It was the...
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Do Drug Addicts Have A Choice?
Can people diagnosed with the various addictions (or Substance Use Disorders, in modern parlance)...
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How Do Expectations Shape Our Outlook On Addiction?
Drug and Alcohol Addicts, Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Drug and Alcohol Halfway Houses, Drug and...
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What is the Most Addictive Drug?
Let me hit this head on – no drug is addictive, not even the poster child for this myth – heroin....
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What is Perpetual Recovery?
We’ve written about perpetual recovery throughout the years in various different ways and it...
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Addiction: The Catch All Term
The term addiction has developed into a term that has no meaning; not because it’s inherently...
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Why Labeling Addicts and Alcoholics is Harmful
I’m sure you’ve probably heard the phrase, “I’m so and so, and I’m an Alcoholic” or “ I’m so and...
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