Addiction Shaming Doesn’t Help the Drug User
When you go to Alcoholics Anonymous or you get caught in the recovery trap by going to rehab,...
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Category: Addiction Prevention
I Know I Will Never Be an Addict Again
The following excerpt is from The Freedom Model For Addictions, Chapter 23, A Happier Vision. “I...
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Why Consequences Don’t Stop Heavy Substance Use
We get the following question all the time: “How come I don’t stop drinking/getting high after...
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Trauma Doesn’t Cause Addiction – But it Can be a Reason for it
“Trauma doesn’t cause addiction.” Nearly every time I’ve made that statement publically, the...
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Life After Leaving a 12 Step Recovery Group
In a couple of hours myself and my colleagues, Michelle Dunbar and Steven Slate will be performing...
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Is Moderate Drinking Possible for Everyone?
Is Moderate Drinking Possible for Everyone? The short answer is yes. Because there is no actual...
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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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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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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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Are You Waiting for Someone or Something to Fix You?
In the fall of 1989, I was lost. I had left college at Thanksgiving never to return. I felt...
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Warrior2Warrior and The Saint Jude Retreats Partnership
A Partnership to Solve Addiction Issues in the Special Ops and General Military...
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