Steven

So it's no wonder when we think about addiction and alcohol and some of these other behaviours, but more broadly beyond alcohol as a substance, other addictive behaviours, whether it's social media or it's what we eat or pornography or in the sort of inverse, the good habits, the healthy food, the working out, the exercise, the productive behaviors, why we're struggling so much.

So it's no wonder when we think about addiction and alcohol and some of these other behaviours, but more broadly beyond alcohol as a substance, other addictive behaviours, whether it's social media or it's what we eat or pornography or in the sort of inverse, the good habits, the healthy food, the working out, the exercise, the productive behaviors, why we're struggling so much.

And I've often wondered if we should all just like go to like communes and live, do you

And I've often wondered if we should all just like go to like communes and live, do you

And are you a fan of therapy as an approach to aim at the early childhood trauma?

And are you a fan of therapy as an approach to aim at the early childhood trauma?

And I guess the same applies for family and friends.

And I guess the same applies for family and friends.

Is it possible to prop somebody up? I, you know, because I was talking to, I think it was talking to Dr. Anna Lemke about this, about the idea that you can play a role in someone's addiction. Yeah. I want to help my friend who's addicted. And so I'm there for them. I'm comforting them. But I'm actually in some way reinforcing that addictive behavior because...

Is it possible to prop somebody up? I, you know, because I was talking to, I think it was talking to Dr. Anna Lemke about this, about the idea that you can play a role in someone's addiction. Yeah. I want to help my friend who's addicted. And so I'm there for them. I'm comforting them. But I'm actually in some way reinforcing that addictive behavior because...

I'm positively reinforcing it because I'm supporting them so much and I'm loving them so much and I'm showing them so much empathetic attention that actually I'm playing a role in continuing that addiction. Is that possible?

I'm positively reinforcing it because I'm supporting them so much and I'm loving them so much and I'm showing them so much empathetic attention that actually I'm playing a role in continuing that addiction. Is that possible?

Yeah, I guess I'm trying to represent the audience member that's listening to this right now that knows someone in their life that was addictive. And they tried to be empathetic. They tried to offer support. They tried to give the person help and still nothing changed.

Yeah, I guess I'm trying to represent the audience member that's listening to this right now that knows someone in their life that was addictive. And they tried to be empathetic. They tried to offer support. They tried to give the person help and still nothing changed.

In that situation, maybe the person that was struggling with the addiction didn't accept the support, didn't go to the meetings, didn't speak to the therapist. In such a situation where you're offering help to someone and they're not taking it, they're not willing to investigate different medical treatments. They're living at your house, they're in your business, whatever.

In that situation, maybe the person that was struggling with the addiction didn't accept the support, didn't go to the meetings, didn't speak to the therapist. In such a situation where you're offering help to someone and they're not taking it, they're not willing to investigate different medical treatments. They're living at your house, they're in your business, whatever.

Is there a point where you say enough is enough?

Is there a point where you say enough is enough?

What's the difference in delivery there in terms of delivering that message? Because they're both ultimately getting to the same outcome, but it sounds like the language might be slightly different.

What's the difference in delivery there in terms of delivering that message? Because they're both ultimately getting to the same outcome, but it sounds like the language might be slightly different.