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: Non 12 Step Programs
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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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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Stop Saying Trauma Causes Addiction!
I’m 51 years old and it occurred to me today that no one gets to 51 years old without having...
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Replacing a Drug Habit vs. Moving on from One
Many years ago, we promoted the idea of replacing an addiction with other more beneficial...
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The Choice That Saved My Life
I was a heroin addict. One choice changed my life. It wasn’t the choice to quit. When things got...
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Why Do I get Drunk? It Doesn’t Make Me Happy Anymore
Humans are motivated by the pursuit of happiness – always. This is true even in the realm of...
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Stop the Insanity! Addiction is NOT a Disease!
Have you ever wondered why the idea of “addiction as a disease” only includes behaviors and habits...
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