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And if you don't like the 12-step and the spirituality, there's other recovery programs out there or other peer support groups out there like Smart Recovery or Refuge Recovery, and they'll talk about things in a different way. So it's not about finding a specific dogma. Go out and try different things. Even the act of trying different things

And if you don't like the 12-step and the spirituality, there's other recovery programs out there or other peer support groups out there like Smart Recovery or Refuge Recovery, and they'll talk about things in a different way. So it's not about finding a specific dogma. Go out and try different things. Even the act of trying different things

is gonna help them move out of being stuck in if it's like the porn addiction, right? And then people do reach a certain point in acuity, especially with drugs and alcohol that they need to be in a facility. you know, and that might be a hospital, it might be a treatment center. And, you know, you can, there are resources for that.

is gonna help them move out of being stuck in if it's like the porn addiction, right? And then people do reach a certain point in acuity, especially with drugs and alcohol that they need to be in a facility. you know, and that might be a hospital, it might be a treatment center. And, you know, you can, there are resources for that.

is gonna help them move out of being stuck in if it's like the porn addiction, right? And then people do reach a certain point in acuity, especially with drugs and alcohol that they need to be in a facility. you know, and that might be a hospital, it might be a treatment center. And, you know, you can, there are resources for that.

I think it's a good place for people to start if they don't have the resources to be able to attend a treatment center or work in therapy.

I think it's a good place for people to start if they don't have the resources to be able to attend a treatment center or work in therapy.

I think it's a good place for people to start if they don't have the resources to be able to attend a treatment center or work in therapy.

And for the families. Al-Anon is for the families. There's Codependents Anonymous. There's Families Anonymous. There's Adult Children of Alcoholics Anonymous. Or Adult Children of Alcoholics is really about dysfunctional family systems that people might have grown up even if their parents weren't alcoholics. So there's stuff out there for everyone.

And for the families. Al-Anon is for the families. There's Codependents Anonymous. There's Families Anonymous. There's Adult Children of Alcoholics Anonymous. Or Adult Children of Alcoholics is really about dysfunctional family systems that people might have grown up even if their parents weren't alcoholics. So there's stuff out there for everyone.

And for the families. Al-Anon is for the families. There's Codependents Anonymous. There's Families Anonymous. There's Adult Children of Alcoholics Anonymous. Or Adult Children of Alcoholics is really about dysfunctional family systems that people might have grown up even if their parents weren't alcoholics. So there's stuff out there for everyone.

The short answer to that is both. The addiction is really the solution to some sort of discomfort or stress that they're experiencing, but then the addiction itself becomes problematic. I would say that addiction is the solution in the sense that it's the person's attempt to solve or to find relief from whatever stressor they're experiencing, but it's a solution that becomes problematic.

The short answer to that is both. The addiction is really the solution to some sort of discomfort or stress that they're experiencing, but then the addiction itself becomes problematic. I would say that addiction is the solution in the sense that it's the person's attempt to solve or to find relief from whatever stressor they're experiencing, but it's a solution that becomes problematic.

The short answer to that is both. The addiction is really the solution to some sort of discomfort or stress that they're experiencing, but then the addiction itself becomes problematic. I would say that addiction is the solution in the sense that it's the person's attempt to solve or to find relief from whatever stressor they're experiencing, but it's a solution that becomes problematic.

So it takes on a life of its own. It becomes...

So it takes on a life of its own. It becomes...

So it takes on a life of its own. It becomes...

its own trauma itself you know that drinking alcoholically and blacking out is a trauma to your body to your brain the things that people do in addiction become more traumatic i think there's this cycle that i always use in the background called it's trauma stress and addiction and expanding the definition of trauma to wound it starts with a wound and then stress is the relationship to that wound much like a limp after a broken leg

its own trauma itself you know that drinking alcoholically and blacking out is a trauma to your body to your brain the things that people do in addiction become more traumatic i think there's this cycle that i always use in the background called it's trauma stress and addiction and expanding the definition of trauma to wound it starts with a wound and then stress is the relationship to that wound much like a limp after a broken leg

its own trauma itself you know that drinking alcoholically and blacking out is a trauma to your body to your brain the things that people do in addiction become more traumatic i think there's this cycle that i always use in the background called it's trauma stress and addiction and expanding the definition of trauma to wound it starts with a wound and then stress is the relationship to that wound much like a limp after a broken leg