If addiction is a disease and addicts caught with possession go to jail, does that mean we imprison them because of their disease? Can we do better? Most argue for decriminalization but some even argue for legalization. Let’s look more closely.
Most people who recognize they have an addiction and fail over and over to overcome it have come to the realization that their addiction is a power greater than themselves. Wouldn’t it make sense to recognize that their healing would also have to be a power greater than themselves. The question is what is this power?
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How can the brain can choose to heal?
- Step 1. Free Your Mind
- Step 2. Heal Your Mind
- Step 3. Guard Your Mind
- Step 4. Use Your Mind
- Step 5. Help Another Mind
- Step 4. Use Your Mind
- Step 3. Guard Your Mind
- Step 2. Heal Your Mind
“My brother was turning blue, he was not moving, not even breathing. I put that bag on his mouth and started squeezing air into his lungs. I could see his chest move. He finally started waking up. I didn’t have to call 911 that time,” my patient recalled.
Is Happiness not Pleasure?
We often confuse “feeling good” with “being happy”. One of these is a feeling, the other a state of being. By trying to feel good all the time we can fall into addiction…
Here is a story of how a video game led to death…
Here is a story of how a video game led to death…
Are you an addict?
Addiction is now defined as “Substance Use Disorder”. This new term implied that the substance in question is used to the extent that it causes problems.
Addiction? 
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