What if somebody genuinely feels like a piece of crap?

Well, I think that leads to something in the first 30 days that you need is you need some support and some other voices around you rather than that voice in your own head.

You're not going to do this on your own.

And it's not just because you need the support for the accountability and the structure around the sobriety.

You also need the support so that you have another voice saying, you know what? Yeah, you just relapsed.

And you feel like you're horrible.

And of course you feel that way.

What is your advice on helping somebody deal with cravings?

So what happens when we ignore pain? Because we're very good at ignoring pain, aren't we?

You know, it's funny, just a little personal disclosure.

I woke up this morning and I have an infection.

And this is a true story.

And I got on a heavy antibiotic and it didn't take the infection away.

And so my wife this morning was like, hey, how are you feeling? Like, is it gone? And I was like, not totally.

And I finished my antibiotic like three weeks ago.

So what don't you think we truly understand about addiction and self-medicating?