A lesson in brain science for the family

“Why can't they just stop?” is the exasperated plea exhaled by family members sitting in front of me and looking at their addicted loved one in the chair next to them. The loved one is looking at the floor and glances at me, wondering the same thing. Failed attempts and unmet expectations have led to what the Big Book so aptly calls “incomprehensible demoralization“ in the addict, and hopeless exasperation in the family.

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