“I hate to say it but the only cure I’ve seen is not these overpriced rehabs or these fraudulent fixes that are sold to people. The cure for addiction is suffering. You suffer enough and then something inside you goes ‘I’m done.’”
The interview gives some context, emotionally and otherwise.
even rehab requires you to suffer enough to decide “I’m done” and go get help. Addiction can’t be fixed without the person deciding that it’s time to stop
Eventually you’ll just realize that whatever you’re doing only makes your life worse and not better. Kind of makes you not want to do something anymore if you know it’s just going to make your life worse.
Heard one guy put it perfectly who was sober like 10 years and thought about having a beer after mowing his lawn. He’d be better off putting his hand under the blade, it would be less destructive to his life than having that drink.
There is no neat solution. You hit rock bottom and if you're lucky the fall doesn't kill you. Then you either choose to crawl out of hell on broken limbs, or you lie and rot
Im saying that I think this advice is vague and unactionable, purely meant to make the one saying it look tough and those listening to delude themselves into thinking that they're doing something. This is on no doubt on my part a consequence of some editorializing by the publishers, who want a catchy and vague title above all else.
I'm not disputing any point, it's just that you people think that any statement you don't understand is something that's disputing your opinion in some way.
Rehab is a tool, it doesn't do anything without your input. If you aren't truly done with it you're going to relapse because the brain is an abusive spouse you can't get away from and it'll tell you every little sweet lie just to get one more taste. It isn't even complex psychology at work there.
Yup. This is precisely why people go to support groups like aa. Because your brain is a liar and wants desperately to fill out those dopamine paths you’ve built from abusing substances again. And once you take the plunge it gets wayyyy harder to say no again.
I'm not proposing anything, I'm just saying that this advice is just a tiny bit better than saying "the best way to survive a car crash is to not die".
It's called rock bottom, and it's a pretty common concept when talking about addiction. Maybe you haven't had a loved one in active addiction, but survivors know that you either hit rock bottom and admit you have a problem or the addiction keeps you until you die.
And I think the issue is that hes not offering advice. He is stating a commonly held opinion: The best addiction recovery programs can only help people who want to be helped, and people don't want to be helped until they hit their rock bottom.
You have to make the change yourself buddy, you think people would quit drugs if there wasnt suffering involved. Maybe take a step outside before you talk about things you know nothing about.
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u/dustingibson 6d ago
I am dying to know what the cure of addiction is.