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Podcast: Busting Addiction and Its Myths
Episode: “Just Say No” is Irrelevant
Description: In this podcast, we discuss why “Just Say No” was a well-intentioned but naïve idea.We learn that:Science shows that addiction and/or alcoholism are brain disorders that cause affected people to lose the power of choice.Therefore “Just Say No” only works in the very early going, say as a teenager who actually listens to his parents before he becomes addicted.There is astounding and definitive evidence that the brain can heal from what was once thought to be an irreversible condition. This does not mean that addicts are cured.What it does mean is t...