How much time and energy do you spend worrying about what others think of you? Whether it’s your family, your co-workers, your friends, neighbors, or even people on social…

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“I need alcohol for ___________” “I need drugs for __________” You fill in the blanks. This is addiction; when you feel like you need substances. Our culture imbues drugs and…

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The recovery world paints the holidays in the most negative light possible. You’re supposed to fear this time of year because it’s a veritable trigger-palooza!

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You had a spat with your co-worker, then you go home and your spouse starts to nag you about something they had asked you to do weeks ago. You know that you put it off…

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Are you still struggling with heavy substance use? It might be that you want to change your preference, but you don’t really believe that you can. You just might believe that…

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When people are trying to change their substance use, the addiction treatment model is to focus on the negative consequences you’ve experienced and will keep experiencing due…

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Massive misinformation about addiction harms families of those who are struggling as much as it harms the substance user. In this Episode of The Addiction Solution…

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“When you think you must do something, you’re not owning it. You are obscuring the fact that it truly is your choice.” If you try to quit heavy substance use because you feel…

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If you want to change your substance use habit, but still have a strong preference for intoxication, changing can seem impossible. While The Freedom Model states that…

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Many heavy substance users struggle to envision a life without heavy intoxication with their preferred substance. Oftentimes they hold the self image of the addict or alcoholic…

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