We make the case that 12 step programs and addiction treatment based on it can cause significant harm to relationships, which often makes struggles with heavy substance use…

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When you get to that point where you are continuing heavy drinking or drug use, or another behavior, and you’re hating the consequences, and you’re hating yourself, but you can’…

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The Addiction Solution welcomes a special guest, Beverly Schechtman, Director/Vice President of The Doctor Patient Forum (https://www.thedoctorpatientforum.com/)…

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Addiction treatment doesn’t actually help people to solve addiction, it makes them “accept it” under the guise of helping them. It creates lifelong customers who continue to…

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Listener topic request: Why do some people gain an understanding of The Freedom Model but occasionally drink or use drugs heavily? CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FAMILIES…

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Everything changes for you once the people in your life see you as “an addict”. Whether you labeled yourself or that label was thrust on you by well-meaning friends, family…

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A podcast listener asked us this question and he used the example of David Goggin’s book, Can’t Hurt Me, where he explains how he motivated himself to achieve many remarkable…

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Everyone knows there are long term effects from heavy substance use, but what no one talks about are the long term effects of being “in recovery” and there are many!

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“I wake up in the morning and have great resolve! I’m not going to drink today! Then at 5:00 it goes out the window and I start my binge again! I must be one of those who will…

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When criticizing an accepted paradigm and 80 year old institution such as the addiction disease theory and the original 12 step program, Alcoholics Anonymous, you better have a…

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