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An Entirely New Way to Think About Addiction

LadyWitch

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"The opposite of addiction isn't sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection."

For the longest time I knew that the present system of punishment/rehabilitation/treatment for substance use/abuse in this country was wrong. I knew that the shame, guilt and total abstinence often taught, typically, did more harm than good. I knew that there HAD to be a better way. Then I found this video. This man was able to perfectly articulate so much of what I've been thinking and feeling all along.

Click here to watch the youtube video ---> Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong

Jadis, QoS
 
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