“Drug Addicts” are really just Brilliant Strategists in Disguise

For the past nine months, I’ve worked at an undisclosed, five-star treatment facility. As I programmed Outpatient Groups during that time, I’ve had the clinical opportunity to sit with — and genuinely explore the lives of “Drug Addicts and Alcoholics”.

I’ll open by saying I deeply disagree with self-labeling. I understand that, within the 12-step model…