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Some Gems

I’ve been on vacation, which is why I haven’t posted in over a week. Here are some great articles for you to check out while I work on some new stuff.

What of Needle Exchanges?

Steven joins the discussion on needle exchange programs, and shares some experience about the practical realities of being an intravenous drug user.

Top Ten Ways To Stay Addicted

Here’s a helpful list of ways to make sure you never solve your substance use problem.

Peele: Addiction In The Real vs Clinical World

Stanton Peele discusses the reality of addiction vs the myths of the recovery culture.

My Poster-Boy

Is Charlie Sheen a poster boy for the non-12-step, non-disease crowd?

The Clean Slate Guide To Denial

Is denial real? What does it mean? Learn more in this in-depth discussion of denial.

New Brain Scan Reveals Nothing At All

This is a humor piece from NewsBiscuit about Brain Scans.

The Bonkers Institute On Addiction

The Bonkers Institute is a website that makes fun of junk science and intellectual absurdity. If you’re really nerdy about your disdain for the disease theory of addiction, check out this post: Addictive Properties of Shiitake Sesame Vinaigrette

Comedian Hannibal Buress Takes It One Day At A Time

I saw a performance by SNL writer Hannibal Buress tonight, and he had a funny bit about a famous AA slogan (to paraphrase): People get so cliche when they’re going through shit. They say ‘well I’m just taking things one day at a time right now’. Yeah, of course you are, that’s how time works.… Continue reading Comedian Hannibal Buress Takes It One Day At A Time

OASAS Misses The Point on Heterosexism

This post has little to do with addiction itself, and more to do with an ironic interesting thing I found on an addiction website. In the early 70’s, Martin Rochlin wrote a subversive and humorous psychological essay called “The Heterosexual Questionnaire”. It asks the reader questions normally directed at GLBT people, such as: What do… Continue reading OASAS Misses The Point on Heterosexism

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Addiction Is Not A Brain Disease. Logic, neuroscience, epidemiology, and social psychology all demonstrate this.

This site is dedicated to presenting a different view of addiction: That it is all about choice, and that you can permanently change your substance use habits without fear of relapse or a lifetime spent in meetings and treatment.

Some of you might be wondering whether I know about all the scientific proof that addiction is a brain disease. I'm well aware of the scientific facts and their misinterpretation. Here's my critical analysis of the brain disease model of addiction.

This site is not presenting a model of "recovery" because addiction is not a disease from which one can recover. It is freely chosen behavior, which anyone can freely choose to abandon at any point. This is not recovery from a disease, it is a change like any other change in day to day living that people make in their lives.

I am dedicated to presenting information about addiction from a non-disease perspective, so that people can learn how to feel free and in control of their substance use, and be empowered to change it to whatever degree will make them happiest in their lives. "Addiction is a choice" - that is, you can choose whether to hold or dismiss every thought and belief that motivates you to use substances heavily - and thus you can choose whether to continue any pattern of substance use or not - at will.

Reading any particular article on this website will not force you to change. Hopefully though, you will find some information that helps you to believe that change is possible for you - that it is within reach. This is one key ingredient in changing the mindset that fuels "addiction."