Busting Addiction and Its Myths
The purpose of our podcast is to help families learn the truth about addiction and alcoholism so that they can take the right action to help the addict they love and to help themselves at this critical time in their lives. Exposing the truth about addiction and alcoholism also requires that we bust the myths surrounding both addiction/alcoholism and the recovery process.
Busting Addiction and Its Myths
Mini Series 10 - Their Brains are Different Now
When you are talking to a full-blown alcoholic or addict or one who is both - and the list of cross-addicted people is growing – you might not be too surprised to learn that they speak an entirely different language than you do.
An example: an addict is confronted by his mum who says that he has a big problem. The addict doesn’t hear that. He thinks to himself that his mum is the problem because she stands in the way of him getting more dope.
When an addict or alcoholic does something that is reasonable, don’t get your hopes up. It’s more likely than not to be a coincidence, for every once in a while, he does make a good decision. Every once in a while, he has a good day.
After I sobered up, I used to say: “When I was drinking, every once in a while, I had a good day. Now that I’m sober, every once in a while, I have a bad day. Not that I drink over it, either.”
The brains of alcoholics and addicts, when they get to that stage, have changed and will never entirely be the same.