What do you say to someone who overcomes addiction?

8 Things to Say to Someone in Recovery

1. I Love You.
2. You’re Not Alone.
3. Everyone Needs Help Sometimes.
4. How Are You Feeling?
5. How Can I Help?
6. Let’s Hang Out.
7. I’m Proud of You.
8. I Know You Are Struggling, But There’s Always Hope.

What is the paradox of addiction?

The paradox of addiction neuroscience is that concluding that addiction is a brain disease may mitigate perceptions of responsibility while simultaneously arousing deep-seated intuitions of moral disgust.

What are the 4 paradoxes?

They are called the Four Paradoxes of AA: (1) we surrender to win, (2) we give away to keep, (3) we suffer to get well and (4) we die to live.

What is Zenith paradox?

Zeno’s paradoxes are a set of philosophical problems generally thought to have been devised by Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea (c. 490–430 BC) to support Parmenides’ doctrine that contrary to the evidence of one’s senses, the belief in plurality and change is mistaken, and in particular that motion is nothing but an …

Is addiction a disease or a choice?

“So much of the way people conceive of addiction is that it’s some sort of volitional disease,” psychiatrist Timothy Brennan, M.D., director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospitals and director of the Fellowship in Addiction Medicine Program at the Icahn School of Medicine, tells SELF.

What should you do when someone you love is an addict?

Concern: Make sure that you speak to the addict from a place of care and concern, not blame or judgment. Let them know you love and care for them, and only want the best. Personal: Don’t make blanket accusations or bring up incidents from the past. Keep the subject focused on the person’s behavior and how it affected you.

Are addicts responsible for their addictions?

” An addict may not be responsible for being an addict, but once they are an addict, they are responsible for their recovery. The first step to recovery is to stop pointing fingers and start taking responsibility for the choices that allow the addiction to continue. Addiction can seem hopeless.

Are you “just like” an addict?

An addict can’t order the brain to stop craving substances. It doesn’t work that way. “Hey, you’re just like — (insert name of family member, friend or celebrity who has publicly gone into rehab).” Each person is an individual. Nobody wants to hear they are ‘just like’ someone else.