by Ryan A. 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 Podcastย 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 A. 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, โNo matter how many rehabs weโve sent him to, he only seems to be getting worse. The last rehab he went...
by Ryan A. 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. โI know I will never be an addict again.โ 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 A. 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 Podcastย 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...
by Ryan A. Schwantes | Nov 25, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Addiction Solutions, Addictions, Articles, Non 12 Step Programs, Relapse Prevention, Research, Uncategorized
Finding My Way to Freedom from Addiction, Part 1 – By Michelle Dunbar Some years ago I can remember sitting all alone in my college apartment. Everyone had already gone home for Christmas, but I stayed. My semester had gone seriously awry. I wasnโt sure if I...
by Ryan A. Schwantes | Nov 24, 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 You Don’t Have to Stress Out for the Holidays! When we were in AA, there was a lot of negative talk about how stressful the holidays are. From strained familial relationships, to fear of accidentally ingesting booze in eggnog...