This content was created by Amber Hollingsworth. This content was uploaded by Amber Hollingsworth. This is a YouTube video titled "The Role of Guilt in Addiction" created on January 8, 2024, featuring Amber Hollingsworth discussing the metaphor of addiction as a manipulative force and the role of guilt in recognizing harmful behaviors.
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Imagine that your loved one's addiction is like this little devil that is sitting on their shoulder. Yeah, like in the cartoons where there's like a devil and an angel and they're talking to the person. That's what addiction is like. So addiction is constantly talking to your loved one, convincing them of all sorts of crazy ideas. That little addiction monster mouth actually does see you as the enemy, because the addiction knows that you actually see the truth of the situation. And the addiction's job is to make sure that your loved one stays completely blinded to the truth so that it can. Can keep your loved one under the spell and control the whole show. And to keep this whole thing going. There's a lot of manipulation that happens. You see, the enemy of addiction is a little emotion called guilt. Yes, guilt, even though it's an uncomfortable emotion, is pretty important. It's the emotion that lets us know that we've done something wrong, that maybe we've done something that's hurtful towards a relationship or we've not kept our word.
