Addiction treatment professionals believe that addiction exists in the brain, and they use all kinds of externals means to try to fix people struggling with addiction. These include talk therapy, medications, support group (12 step) meetings, sponsors, avoiding triggers, etc. Mark and Michelle explain why these methods often lead to increased heavy use and the problems that go with it, and they explain how people successfully change.

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