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Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong

Remkus wrote on 12 July, 2015 Leave a Comment

is to say to the addicts in my life that I want to deepen the connection with them, to say to them, I love you whether you’re using or you’re not. I love you, whatever state you’re in, and if you need me, I’ll come and sit with you because I love you and I don’t want you to be alone or to feel alone.

And I think the core of that message — you’re not alone, we love you — has to be at every level of how we respond to addicts, socially, politically and individually. For 100 years now, we’ve been singing war songs about addicts. I think all along we should have been singing love songs to them because the opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is a connection

Johann Hari

Very interesting TED talk by Johann Hari that, once again, proves that John has been spot on all along.

Transcript

Topic: Blog Addiction, TED talk

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