How to Overcome Addiction to Substances or Behaviors | Dr. Keith Humphreys
295K views · Jan 12, 2026 · Science & Technology
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@hubermanlab · 8 months ago · pinned
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@JohnSchaeferUNIVERSE · 4 months ago
9 years off alcohol!!! I was ruining my life!!! <br>So grateful for all the hard lessons!!❤❤❤ 💪 💪
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@Androopyful · 8 months ago (edited)
Year and 5 months sober of fentanyl it's possible. I did have to have medical intervention and I'm clean off all opioids for that long. Hardest thing I've ever done. Life is great now and I'm very happy 😊
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@chrispmar · 8 months ago
I'm addicted to watching Youtube videos. Especially videos on health issues. I'm especially addicted to watching videos about addiction. Maybe this video will help.
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@YaroslavMarkovych · 8 months ago
We have to admit that addiction is not “love for a substance,” but a habit of running away from discomfort. As long as you treat the symptom (craving) and not the cause (what you’re running from), you’re simply swapping one addiction for another.
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@VYXEN-ROSE88 · 8 months ago
Andrew I started w meth at age 15 and heroin at 23. I'm 37 now w 11 months clean. Thank you for helping me understand myself in a new way. If you don't know. Whenever I see your new upload I always choose yours first. Appreciate you!!! Hugs to you
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@GraceAlone50 · 8 months ago
"I was not so far along in my education that I was incapable of learning."<br><br>Thats my favorite line of this interview.
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@maxwillson · 8 months ago (edited)
Drinking alcohol is like playing a video game with cheat codes but you can't save the game, all of your progress is gone the next day. Then when you build up a tolerance for the drug, the cheat code goes away. Now you're just playing the video game without any ability to save and you might go to prison if you lose.
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@TheTouchlineTime · 8 months ago
Addiction is so often misunderstood. Videos like this help people see it as a process that can actually be changed.
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@deconsistancee · 8 months ago
I'm on day 2 of being sober. I used to want to fight the feelings of craving, of emptiness where my life used to be. This time I'm right here with the feeling. I'd rather cry over this shit all day than get high again.
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@heidiwoldhuis1120 · 8 months ago
2 years sober from a 40 year alcohol addicting. My husband, 15 years sober from meth, operate a recovery community center serving people just like us! I was a medical professional and didn't realize I had a problem with drinking. Life is glorious in recovery.
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@andrewpaterson2670 · 8 months ago
we are running from a fear of life not death
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