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Podcast: It's Not About the Alcohol
Episode: Let's talk about drinking alcohol in recovery
Description: The sober community promotes the idea that alcohol reduces your ability to control yourself. And that alcoholism is an incurable disease that can only be managed with complete abstinence. Â The "alcoholic" identity is a lifetime commitment to a DISABILITY. Â Which is why quitting feels so complicated. You're caught between two extremes, both of which rob you of autonomy and self-determination. Â But research shows that the BELIEF in this disease-model of addiction is far more dangerous than alcohol itself. People formally exposed in treatment to the notion that the...