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detox or, you know, they're in a place where if they try to stop drinking or using, it gets pretty significant. There's services out there for them. Another great thing, though, is to just go straight into a 12 step meeting. They're everywhere. How do people find those meetings? Go online, Google 12-step in your area.

If it's, you know, there's Narcotics Anonymous, there's Alcoholics Anonymous, there's Cocaine Anonymous, there's Overeaters Anonymous, there's Gambling Anonymous. I mean, if you, every one of them has a central office. The organizational structure, especially of like Alcoholics Anonymous is really incredible. We could do a whole episode on it. There's no... There's no leaders.

If it's, you know, there's Narcotics Anonymous, there's Alcoholics Anonymous, there's Cocaine Anonymous, there's Overeaters Anonymous, there's Gambling Anonymous. I mean, if you, every one of them has a central office. The organizational structure, especially of like Alcoholics Anonymous is really incredible. We could do a whole episode on it. There's no... There's no leaders.

If it's, you know, there's Narcotics Anonymous, there's Alcoholics Anonymous, there's Cocaine Anonymous, there's Overeaters Anonymous, there's Gambling Anonymous. I mean, if you, every one of them has a central office. The organizational structure, especially of like Alcoholics Anonymous is really incredible. We could do a whole episode on it. There's no... There's no leaders.

It's a very flat organization.

It's a very flat organization.

It's a very flat organization.

Politically unaffiliated. They have a vow of poverty. If somebody died and donated a million dollars, they can't take more than 10,000.

Politically unaffiliated. They have a vow of poverty. If somebody died and donated a million dollars, they can't take more than 10,000.

Politically unaffiliated. They have a vow of poverty. If somebody died and donated a million dollars, they can't take more than 10,000.

Yeah. There's only trusted servants. There's no leaders. There are people who are employed that do administrative work, but everything else. And it's been like this for 80 some years. It's really quite incredible. And there are online meetings. There's online meetings. They're all over the world. You can find them at any time. That's one of the beauties of 12-step meetings is that...

Yeah. There's only trusted servants. There's no leaders. There are people who are employed that do administrative work, but everything else. And it's been like this for 80 some years. It's really quite incredible. And there are online meetings. There's online meetings. They're all over the world. You can find them at any time. That's one of the beauties of 12-step meetings is that...

Yeah. There's only trusted servants. There's no leaders. There are people who are employed that do administrative work, but everything else. And it's been like this for 80 some years. It's really quite incredible. And there are online meetings. There's online meetings. They're all over the world. You can find them at any time. That's one of the beauties of 12-step meetings is that...

you know, I obviously I'm a therapist. We have treatment centers. I, um, it's nice to get people to come to those and it's, it's great for people to be able to step out, but there's things that we can do that they can't. I mean, they're not going to medically detox them. They can't keep them out of like, you know, in a safe environment for a period of time.

you know, I obviously I'm a therapist. We have treatment centers. I, um, it's nice to get people to come to those and it's, it's great for people to be able to step out, but there's things that we can do that they can't. I mean, they're not going to medically detox them. They can't keep them out of like, you know, in a safe environment for a period of time.

you know, I obviously I'm a therapist. We have treatment centers. I, um, it's nice to get people to come to those and it's, it's great for people to be able to step out, but there's things that we can do that they can't. I mean, they're not going to medically detox them. They can't keep them out of like, you know, in a safe environment for a period of time.

They can find a meeting. Yep. They can find a meeting and You know, I always tell people to try six different ones. They're free. You know, you're going to find your group. I mean, listen, they're run by peers.

They can find a meeting. Yep. They can find a meeting and You know, I always tell people to try six different ones. They're free. You know, you're going to find your group. I mean, listen, they're run by peers.

They can find a meeting. Yep. They can find a meeting and You know, I always tell people to try six different ones. They're free. You know, you're going to find your group. I mean, listen, they're run by peers.

So this is like something that was developed as it would be like if somebody developed a therapeutic modality 80 years ago and then passed it on to everybody that they gave every client they had and then they ran it. I mean, it's not.