Recovery 16 addiction and denial

Promis recovery centre brings you short talks from Dr robert lefever about addiction and the recovery from alcohol, drug abuse, eating disorders and along with other addictions, further information can be found at promisclinic.com

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[XArecovery]

What about the funtionable addict.  Doesn't miss work, very respected in their profession. They exist. I do agree about the idea of pain. When the pain is great enough someone will quit.

[promisvideo]

I don't believe in "functional addicts". Addicts may be able to work, stay out of hospitals and prisons and other government services but please let's not call it functional. Depression, poor relationships and plenty of other consequences will still be there.

[Sol57]

12 years ago I lived the horrors of seing my 15 year old go through this hell, along with the rest of us. I do believe in everything this man says. The elephant is in the room and we all work hard not to see it . . until he seats on top of you and the pain is such that you have no choice but to acknowledge his presence. I do believe too that the longer we insist in helping the addict, the longer he/she will take to seek recovery. And today, once again we are going trough that hell.

[peterthorn]

It's hard just leaving an addict when in a relationship with one. The first girl I ever fell in love with became an addict. Her years of denial and defense mechanisms over came her reality. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do. Her lies and denials became so strong it started over powering my sanity.

[tnucasisusej]

@briantheslug very true

[briantheslug]

Robert Lefever believes in making himself rich, he also has a history of mental illness, he believes his own bull shit, why the hell the G.M.C. allow this man to work as a doctor, is beyond me.

[inya1lake]

Just looking at that opening shot of the house at PROMIS in Nonnington floods my senses with memories. PROMIS put my life back on track and has given me a lot of years of life that maybe I did'nt deserve or should'nt have had. I went to PROMIS as one of the first patients. I have'nt been totally sober since leaving but the lessons I learned there, get me back to where I want to . Anyone else there in June of '86 Adele, Zoe, Christian, Mike the counsellor, Jean,I still remember and love you.

[prschuster]

This is utter BS. The term, "denial", is just an obfuscation to convince addicts that they have no control over their behavior. People are capable of owning up to their habits. I realized that I had a drinking problem and so can others if they "get honest with themselves". The pain of consequences speak for themselves, as you've so eloquently said. How can you acknowledge that much and still speak of denial?

[finalfantasy4everock]

thank you for putting this up.

[Truthiness231]

The Christians, Jews, Buddhists, and even the Scientologists claim the same thing. Where's your scientific study that shows that belief in Allah cures people? Not counting the studies that show that people who believe they are doing fine (like those who believe someone is watching over them (and yet kills people all the time, painfully and untimely, even those that believe)) do recover faster and with better results.

[strawberrii1010]

Islam will teach you love for Allah and in that, you will not want to have "bad habits" such as etoh and drugs. Period.

It is the answer...this bull about addiction is an industry.

Recovery is FREE.