by Ryan Schwantes | Dec 29, 2020 | Addiction Help, Addiction Philosophy, Addiction Prevention, Addiction Recovery, Addiction Solutions, Alcohol Rehab, Alcohol Treatment, Alcoholism, Audio/Video, Fallacies, Family and Addiction, Holistic Recovery, Non 12 Step Programs, Podcast, Self-Help
The Addiction Solution Podcast No One Ever Loses Control of Their Substance Use There is a certain reality with respect to addiction that many people quietly know, but won’t say — all substance use is always voluntary. The research has shown this over and...
by Ryan Schwantes | Dec 18, 2020 | Addiction Help, Addiction Prevention, Addiction Recovery, Addiction Solutions, Alcohol Rehab, Alcohol Treatment, Alcoholism, Audio/Video, Fallacies, Family and Addiction, Holistic Recovery, Non 12 Step Programs, Podcast, Self-Help
The Addiction Solution Podcast Why You Might Have a Strong Preference for Intoxication Far too many people become frustrated and perplexed when they swear off booze and drugs and find themselves drunk or high the very next day. They say they don’t like it...
by Ryan Schwantes | Dec 10, 2020 | Addiction Help, Addiction Prevention, Addiction Recovery, Addiction Solutions, Alcohol Rehab, Alcohol Treatment, Alcoholism, Audio/Video, Fallacies, Family and Addiction, Holistic Recovery, Non 12 Step Programs, Podcast, Self-Help
The Addiction Solution Podcast Escape the Depression-Addiction Trap Does depression cause addiction? Does heavy substance use cause depression? Do you have to solve one problem before you can solve the other, and if so, which must you solve first? Guess what —...
by Ryan Schwantes | Dec 9, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Addiction Solutions, Addictions, Articles, Non 12 Step Programs, Relapse Prevention, Research, Uncategorized
I just talked with a woman on the phone whose son has been in and out of jail for drug related charges for the last 16 years. He is 31 years old, and as she put it, “No matter how many rehabs we’ve sent him to, he only seems to be getting worse. The last rehab he went...
by Ryan Schwantes | Dec 4, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Addiction Solutions, Addictions, Articles, Non 12 Step Programs, Relapse Prevention, Research, Uncategorized
The following excerpt is from The Freedom Model For Addictions, Chapter 23, A Happier Vision. “I know I will never be an addict again.” That was an amazing thought that I (Steven Slate) had shortly after finishing my stay at the Saint Jude Retreat, having studied an...
by Ryan Schwantes | Dec 3, 2020 | Addiction Help, Addiction Prevention, Addiction Recovery, Addiction Solutions, Alcohol Rehab, Alcohol Treatment, Alcoholism, Audio/Video, Fallacies, Family and Addiction, Holistic Recovery, Non 12 Step Programs, Podcast, Self-Help
The Addiction Solution Podcast Shed the Addict Identity Do you think of yourself as an addict or alcoholic? Even those who reject the disease theory and the 12 step program often still think of themselves as someone who loses control of their substance use at certain...
