There is a kernel of truth to what that therapist was saying , and why so many half truths are so harmful or dangerous. Addiction is hard , all aspects of it. But being trapped in it or experiencing it is an illusion , the end of it is not hard . It requires the breaking of the illusion of how difficult the 'ending' of the addiction 'is'.
Cut and run sounds too 'easy' , yeah ? I know I let my AV hold sway over that decision,
"Ha , if that were true , you'd have done it already, its way harder more complicated , try something else , later , right now let's drink"
The idea that someone can , let alone actually does, choose permanent abstinence is anathema to AV , institutionalized, social/cultural or individual. Those who can't believe it are still under the spell of the illusion.
Thankfully ya can't unpop that bubble
