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Is Addiction Ever Cured?

10 May 2023 · 1 min

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Amber Hollingsworth (YouTube) addresses a common misconception about addiction recovery: the phrase "once an addict, always an addict" can lead people to believe cravings and struggle never end. She explains that, over time, urges typically fade — moving from constant struggle to occasional fleeting thoughts — and many people reach a point where being around triggers no longer prompts use.

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When we say the thing to people. Once an act, always an addict. Sometimes that can be misconstrued into, it's always going to be this hard. I'm always going to want it. My life is just going to be terrible from here on out. I'm just going to be fighting it for my whole life. And that's not true. And eventually it'll die down to the point where you might have like a thought every now and then. Oh, that would be nice right now. And it's just a thought that, like, jumps in your head and jumps out and nothing more than that. As long as you don't reactivate those little monster mouths, you are in a cure situation. Eventually most people can be around it and not use it. Just doesn't bother them anymore.