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,...
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...
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...
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...
by Ryan A. Schwantes | Jan 8, 2018 | Q&A
You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions How can you say alcoholism is not genetic? Just look at the Irish or American Indians. Obviously this proves that alcoholism is a genetic disorder. In short, alcoholism and drug habits alike, are learned processes – they are...
