Author: Ryan A. Schwantes

Addiction is a chronic relapsing brain disease. How can you say it isn’t a disease? That makes no sense to me.

by Ryan A. Schwantes | Jan 16, 2018 | Q&A

You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions The answer lies in plucking apart where the chronic relapsing addiction brain disease came from, who wrote and researched it, and where it falls apart. Below is a small portion that pulls apart the theory, one false piece at...

How come every time I go to rehab, I come out and relapse?

by Ryan A. Schwantes | Jan 16, 2018 | Q&A

You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions How come every time I go to rehab, I come out and relapse? In general these “relapses” happen for two reasons: first, you still like getting high at some level (even if it is just to stave off withdrawal – in this case,...

What causes people to lose control of their liquor consumption or their drug intake level?

by Ryan A. Schwantes | Jan 16, 2018 | Q&A

You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions What causes people to lose control of their liquor consumption or their drug intake level? In a word – mindset. In other words, their beliefs surrounding their use and how much they believe they have control. You see, no one...

I was reading your website about the freedom model, and noticed that you talk a lot about getting over alcoholism and drug addiction for good. I think that’s great, but there are people out there that cannot recover from this disease. Obviously the homeless drunk is not able to free himself from the grips of booze. So try to be more careful how you portray “getting over” or “moving on” as you put it, from alcoholism and drug addiction.

by Ryan A. Schwantes | Jan 16, 2018 | Q&A

You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions I was reading your website about the freedom model, and noticed that you talk a lot about getting over alcoholism and drug addiction for good. I think that’s great, but there are people out there that cannot recover from this...

I cannot believe you say that loss of control over drugs and alcohol is a myth! You people are crazy. An alcoholic or drug addict is out of control. That’s just the way it is. Stop lying to people!

by Ryan A. Schwantes | Jan 16, 2018 | Q&A

You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions I cannot believe you say that loss of control over drugs and alcohol is a myth! You people are crazy. An alcoholic or drug addict is out of control. That’s just the way it is. Stop lying to people! We get this kind of...