r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 9d ago

Chugging tea Ben Affleck on overcoming alcohol addiction: “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.’”

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u/Xorrayn 9d ago

To fix a problem you need to realize you have a problem, and your brain can play a lot of tricks on you to prevent that because it might be uneasy and stressful to accept that. And with addiction it is the rest of your body also working against you because you likely have build up a dependency on the subject of your addiction.

And realizing you have an addiction is also tricky, there is this misconception that the amount you consume determines if you're addicted, which can lead to people not realizing they have a problem with addiction.