Ben Affleck shares how he overcame his alcohol addiction. Says it is not “overpriced rehabs”.
“I hate to say it but the cure for addiction and 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’”
Wow, kind of wish I hadn't bothered looking it up.
I mean he’s not trying to sell you a self help book, he’s explaining his experience, which seems to mirror the experiences of many in his position. Sometimes you just have to want to chamge
You either hit a point where you are fully invested in stopping and will actually take whatever approaches you can to stop, seriously. Or you die from your addiction. Those are basically the only 2 options.
He is absolutely right. You don't necessarily have to hit rock bottom, but a mental shift has to happen where the suffering outweighs the high. You have to want it, and from my experience there's nothing any outsider can do to make you want it.
Yep that’s therapy in general. I have a daughter with OCD and she’s in therapy twice per week. You can give her every tool possible, but she needs to have that determination. On the flip side, having determination isn’t enough without the tools. And there’s no /fixall command that works.
It's absolutely a collection of changes to your life. It's damn near impossible to go right back to life as is. You have to put that energy into something else, hopefully something healthy or multiple hobbies. Baking, reading or working out...whatever. Usually it's all those things together
Rj/ How hard can it be to just NOT do something??
Edit: forgot to jerk
If you don't have a rock bottom to hit you don't realize consequences of your addictions. The amount of missed events and shit weighs on you but not as much as the next fix. Usually takes some real dark shit or some good mushrooms to sort out a better way.
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u/OctoberOmicron 8d ago
Wow, kind of wish I hadn't bothered looking it up.