Addiction Isn’t a Bad Choice, It’s a Solution

Our oversimplified narrative completely misses the real problem

Russ W
Invisible Illness
Published in
8 min readAug 3, 2021

Addiction is a scary, debilitating thing. Its all-consuming vice grip can hollow out even the most resilient of loved ones, leaving them no more than a shell of their prior selves. It consistently defies logic, stubbornly resists unwelcomed help and will stop at nothing to prolong…

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Russ W
Invisible Illness

Recovering marketing leader on his 2nd life. Addiction therapist with an alphabet soup of degrees. Writer. Creative. Human. Hit me up: russ.w.medium@gmail.com