by Ryan A. 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 A. 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 A. 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 A. 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...
by Ryan A. Schwantes | Nov 24, 2017 | Q&A
You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions I heard the Freedom Model is taught at The Freedom Model Retreats. I have a quick question – what happens after they go home from the retreats? Won’t they crave more once they are out of the retreat bubble? That is entirely...
by Ryan A. Schwantes | Nov 24, 2017 | Q&A
You Asked, We Answered Addiction Questions How can you say that addiction is a “construct” when we know that dopamine is affected in the brain? Doesn’t the changes in dopamine and serotonin cause people to keep chasing the high? Dopamine and serotonin levels are...
