Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong | Johann Hari | TED

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  @sephd-k4d · 5 years ago

  "if you can't bond because you're traumatised, isolated or beaten down by life, you will bond with something that will give you some sense of relief"

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  @matiasvalencia810 · 4 years ago

  This guy is on to something, this made me cry because I am an addict and many times in my addiction all I wanted was a connection with someone and to feel loved.

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  @vanen4980 · 6 years ago

  Crazy as it sounds it’s true 10 years ago I was a user , my mom found out after the back nd forth of arguing one day she told me “ I’ll. Be here for you regardless I love you either way” I got sober the next week . Been sober 10 years

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  @ArunBohm-dt1cf · 2 years ago

  Skateboarding helped me obtain the longest period of sobriety in my life. I want to open a skatepark called rat park.

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  @jgreene504 · 8 years ago

  As a recovering addict, I think you are spot on...when I overdosed and woke up in ICU the doctor asked me why I did what I did and I said “to escape reality”....now I’m sober 6 years, and after completely changing my environment, I’m now close to finishing medical school!

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  @bobbybaker9059 · 10 years ago

  Virtual hugs to all the addicts out there.  You're not alone.

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  @amyspears8163 · 6 years ago

  I believe that loneliness is what fueled my addiction.

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  @Ulocked_Eyes · 2 years ago

  Most beautiful thing to say to someone. “I love you and I don’t want you to feel alone.”

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• GA

  @gazzybishop8320 · 6 years ago (edited)

  The &quot;rat in a cage&quot; analogy is perfect! <br>If you&apos;re bored, or have no friends or support, you&apos;re going to drink or do other harmful things - even if you hate doing them. 😢<br>That&apos;s where I am right now- in a &quot;cage&quot; with a lot of beer and cigarettes and no friends or support - and there&apos;s alot of anger towards me because I&apos;m an alcoholic, and it really sucks!!!! 😠<br> Just because I&apos;m an alcoholic doesn&apos;t make me a bad person, it just makes me act poorly and have bad judgment at times. <br>My family doesn&apos;t understand what I&apos;m going through, and won&apos;t listen to me either; they just TELL me what I should do, they don&apos;t ever ASK me how I&apos;m feeling, or how I got this way.

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  @indialucas223 · 3 years ago

  “The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection.” Hit the nail right on the head, thank you ❤️

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  @yogiaim9998 · 6 years ago

  &quot;The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection.&quot;<br><br><br>This gave me all the feels 😭♥️

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  @SSebastian2002 · 2 years ago

  The fact that nobody talks about the book Dopamine Enigma Unveiled, speaks volumes about how people are stuck in a trance.

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