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Recovery Gaslighting: Demanding Rigorous Honesty While Living a Lie

7/11/2024

The Addiction Solution

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Listener requested topic: In addiction treatment and 12-step programs, participants are told to practice absolute honesty while also accepting that substances are powerful and that they are powerless against them. Mark and Michelle explore this contradiction and why it leaves many feeling gaslit and confused in recovery.

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