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What Stephen Colbert got wrong about the opioid crisis.

It’s funny how the same old hysterical drug myths refuse to die. Back in 1992 former editor of the Journal Addiction Research & Theory John Booth Davies described the persistent tale of pushers and helpless addicts: “At the present moment, the standard line taken by a majority of people in the media, in treatment agencies,… Continue reading What Stephen Colbert got wrong about the opioid crisis.

New Broadway Show Paints A Scathing Picture Of AA

Chris Rock stars in a new play as a 13th stepping AA sponsor. It gets real.

New Brain Scan Reveals Nothing At All

This is a humor piece from NewsBiscuit about Brain Scans.

South Park on AA

South Park Season 9 Episode 14 - Bloody Mary

South Park did a great episode on the dangers and absurdity of Alcoholics Anonymous and the recovery culture, check it out here.

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

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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."