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Enough with the polite language! The modern mental health system is not failing by accident. It is doing exactly what it was built to do : move massive amounts of psychiatric drugs into human bodies while calling it care. This isn’t about “a few bad actor s. " It ’s abo ut a business model that requires people to stay sick, dependent, and compliant . And if that sentence makes anyone uncomfortable— good. It should. This Is Not a Medical Model. It’s a Sales Model. Let’s start

Trauma is not “just in your head.” It lives in your body, nervous system, and subconscious. It changes your stress responses, your sense of safety, and even how you view yourself. But healing isn’t a mystery. Here are five scientifically proven, evidence-based trauma recovery tools —and how you can begin using each one right now. 1. Somatic Therapy: Releasing Trauma From the Body Trauma lives in the body—and that's where healing begins. Why it works: Trauma often gets "stored

The modern addiction recovery system—rehabs, 12-step programs, court-mandated treatment—isn't saving lives, it's destroying them. Instead of empowering people to change, it traps them in a lifelong identity of weakness and disease. And it does this all while claiming to be their only hope. The Freedom Model of Addiction - backed by dozens of REAL research studies - flips that narrative on its head. It argues that addiction is not a disease. It's not something you "recover" fr

"Only in the addiction field has it been considered a great advance to define yourself, permanently, by your most damaging trait, by the...

We all have a "shadow"—the desires, feelings, and memories we'd rather cram in a back closet than admit to ourselves. First described by...

When we talk about homelessness, addiction, or mental illness, the conversation often centers around what we can see—substance use, lack...

For decades, addiction has been widely viewed as a chronic, relapsing brain disease—a model promoted by institutions like the National Institute on Drug Abuse and 12-step programs. However, the Freedom Model of Addiction , developed by Slate, Scheeren, and Dunbar (2017), offers a radically different view. It asserts that addiction is not a disease but a habit —a repeated, voluntary behavior based on perceived benefits. Like nail biting or overeating, substance use becomes hab

I know this is going to piss some people off but, oh well, let's talk about "addiction", or more accurately, what we’ve been told...