Mark & Michelle show how the same habit feels like joy or “addiction,” and how awareness lets you build or break habits on your terms.

The Addiction Solution

Pleasure, Habits, and the Illusion of Addiction

This episode explores how obsession with AI and chatbots mirrors myths fueling the addiction treatment industry.

The Coming Wave of “AI Addiction”

Why do we destroy the progress we work so hard for? Mark and Michelle uncover why people self-sabotage—and how to break free and move forward.

Self Sabotage!!! Break the Cycle

Exploring ADD/ADHD beyond labels—Mark & Michelle challenge myths, showing how free will & autonomy reshape the conversation.

Discussing ADHD: Beyond the Diagnosis

Self-forgiveness frees you from guilt and shame, helping you overcome habits and create space for real growth and lasting change.

From Guilt to Growth: The Power of Self-Forgiveness

Mark & Michelle share The Freedom Model Movement—debunking addiction myths & empowering choice to change lives worldwide.

Shattering Addiction Mythology Sets People Free

Mark & Michelle talk with cult expert Rachel Bernstein about how coercive control overlaps with addiction recovery—and how to break free.

The Dangers of Group Think: A Conversation with Rachel Bernstein, LMFT

Mark and Michelle explore how hidden beliefs, feelings, and perceived benefits can hinder your ability to moderate substance use or other habits.

Why Moderation Feels Impossible and What You Can Do About It

Why The Freedom Model? Mark & Michelle reveal how true recovery begins with personal freedom—and the bold idea that people can choose change.

Celebrating Your Autonomy to Gain True Freedom

Feeling stuck or misled by addiction treatment? Mark & Michelle reveal the flaws of the disease model and offer a freeing, hopeful new path.

When the Model Is the Problem: Helping in a Broken System

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Health & Wellness

Society & Culture

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The Addiction Solution Podcast (presented by The Freedom Model) provides an alternative view to the disease-based addiction-help model that has remained ineffective for more than 70 years. The Addiction Solution Podcast and The Freedom Model Team will challenge the current views on addiction and the treatment based on it.  They will challenge the claims made by the treatment industry and government leaders that treatment for addictions works, that the 12 steps are effective in curbing addiction, and that treatment is necessary for those who are struggling with an addiction. They will bring forth and discuss the latest methods that have been shown to be far more effective. The podcast is centered on the truth regardless of where that path leads. It is provocative, informative and will change the way you see addiction and how people move past addiction, forever. In summary, the Addiction Solution Podcast provides just that – a Solution to Addiction!

Pleasure, Habits, and the Illusion of Addiction

The Addiction Solution

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Self Sabotage!!! Break the Cycle

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