Dr. Brett Bartruff is not just a radical therapist with a unique approach to treating addiction, he was also my state appointed counselor. In this episode I explore why his approach to addiction was so effective and what he does that most other professionals do not. We cover what most therapeutic models get wrong, what to watch out for, and how to get real results with your drug use treatment.

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This episode looks at the controversy around being someone who is constantly wrong and yet needs to trust themselves in order to be right. How can someone who fucks up their own life trust themselves? Why can't we do it even when we try? And why understanding this changes everything about the way we view addiction.

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In this episode I discuss why hope for drug addicts is actually just an elaborate sales pitch to the most desperate sections of our society. Why we as addicts and our families cling to such hope, and why doing so destroys so many awesome people battling their addictions.

As a hard drug addict who has been through over a decade of different treatment programs and therapy models, I describe what I have found that works in treatment and how professionals generally view the cause and treatment of addiction.

The goal of this episode is to destroy the idea that people who use drugs and alcohol can simply turn themselves over to a professional and get the results that they want assuming they can pay the right price. Once this idea is destroyed we can begin to find the only appropriate place to put that hope in order to find success.

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In this episode I dive into why "Recovery" is just a gift-wrapped relapse with a 40 billion dollar annual price tag. Why us addicts desperately believe that we need recovery, and what we give up in the pursuit of that goal.

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