by Ryan Schwantes | Jan 4, 2018 | Q&A
You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions I use alcohol to relieve my emotional pain. I just went through a divorce and now I’m drinking a lot of wine and then I use Xanax to sleep. It’s become a vicious cycle. How do you guys fix these issues? The answer is a bit...
by Ryan Schwantes | Jan 3, 2018 | Q&A
You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions You keep saying I like getting high. I don’t. That’s a fact. I really hate it, but I don’t know why I keep doing it. Will The Freedom Model help me with this? Yes. The issue is not whether or not you “like” getting high, it’s...
by Ryan Schwantes | Jan 3, 2018 | Q&A
You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions Because you guys talk about moderating drinking, and moderate drug use, it makes you sound a lot like Harm Reduction. Is it the same thing? No, The Freedom Model is not harm reduction. As a matter of fact, you can see the...
by Ryan Schwantes | Jan 3, 2018 | Q&A
You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions I know if I look at my drinking and the costs of it, I’ve got a good chance of quitting. But every time I do that, I drink more! Is there a better way to do this? In a word, yes. To see quitting from a cost perspective only...
by Ryan Schwantes | Jan 3, 2018 | Q&A
You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions If heroin is the most pleasurable drug, how is my son going to ever be able to stop using it? The Freedom Model spends many pages helping you understand that drugs, even heroin, do not contain addictiveness. This idea is a...
