SafeHouse Podcast

Season 1 Episode 08

Busting Addiction and Its Myths

The purpose of Safehouse podcast is to help families learn the truth about addiction and alcoholism so that they can take the right action to help the addict they love and to help themselves at this critical time in their lives. Exposing the truth about addiction and alcoholism also requires that we bust the myths surrounding both addiction/alcoholism and the recovery process.

I’m all I think about

Season 1 – Episode 08

This episode deals with the extreme self-centeredness of the addict/alcoholic and all its manifestations, including irresponsible and violent behaviour.

There is a funny little saying in recovery circles that sounds like this: I’m not much, but I’m all I think about.

Why this saying never fails to provoke a chuckle is because, in recovery, we are reminded that we experienced a crushing of our self-esteem when we were out there using, yet our thoughts invariably centred around what we and only we needed to survive – and most of the time it was about: where and how to get and stay high, or drunk, or both.

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