Originally Posted by Terminally Unique
I believe in everyone's capacity to fully and permanently recover from addiction, even if they do not believe it themselves.
I do too. Absolutely.
"Cured" is a tricky word in this context because there are those who subscribe to the disease model of addiction and those who don't. "Cured" makes the first group uncomfortable, while it isn't even relevant to the second group. So obviously it's gonna bring up some passionate responses.
I would agree with TU that there seems to be alot of insecurity/fear surrounding recovery. Addiction is serious and in my opinion the fear based mentality often seen in the recovery industry is not helpful in overcoming addiction, in fact the opposite.