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Why Secrets Sabotage Recovery

23 Sept 2024 · 0 min

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Amber Hollingsworth argues that addiction "lives in secrecy and darkness," framing secrecy, shame, and darkness as environmental conditions that allow addiction to thrive. She claims that exposing these issues — "turning the light on" — removes the conditions necessary for addiction and supports recovery. The chunk is a short, direct monologue focused on this central claim.

When they're keeping it inside and they're keeping it a secret. That's where addiction lives. It's been a long time since I said this on a video, but if you've been following me a long time, you've probably heard me say that addiction lives in secrecy and darkness. Those are like the weather conditions that make addiction have the ability to thrive. Once you turn the light on it, once you take the secrecy, the shame, and the darkness off the top of it, those are not conditions that addiction can live in.