Will Science ever cure addiction?
Jason Jonker Jason Jonker

Will Science ever cure addiction?

Have you noticed how many people are easily getting free from addiction now that science has found a solution?

Me neither.

That’s because addiction is not a simple problem.

But that doesn’t stop researchers and the media from hyping new solutions.

The case and point is this video about a revolutionary new treatment for addiction.

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9 Ways to overcome self-pity in addiction.
Jason Jonker Jason Jonker

9 Ways to overcome self-pity in addiction.

The OED defines self-pity as excessive, self-absorbed unhappiness over one's own troubles. Examples of what a person might think while pitying themselves are:

Why does this always happen to me?

I work harder than everyone else, and I have nothing to show for it.

I can’t get a job. No one hires felons.

Women/men just ignore me. They always go for [some trait you think is worthless].

No one cares about people like me.

They treat a [fill in the blank] better than me.

Why can’t he/she just get off my back?

The cop/judge/boss didn’t like me. I got way worse punishment than people who know how to work the system!

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