Transcending addiction and redefining recovery: Jacki Hillios at TEDxBoulder
Why are some able to transcend their addiction while others are not? What do people really need to escape the shame of their addiction and achieve sustained recovery? Jacki's talk focuses...
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Translator: Mohand Habchi Reviewer: ali alshalali I work with people who many of you stereotypically love. They're alcoholics. They're buzzers and they're drunks. They're addicts. They're pill poppers and they're junkies. You see, I've always wanted to understand why people do what they do. Because I believe if can figure out the why, then I can find ways to help them. Help them find a better life and heal. So I worked as clinician for probably about 15 years, and I watched as drugs and alcohol destroyed people's lives. I made the decision to go back to school and I got my PhD. Because I thought, maybe, through research I can find some of the answers to the questions that I couldn't answer as a clinician. And wha...
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Translator: Mohand Habchi Reviewer: ali alshalali I work with people who many of you stereotypically love. They're alcoholics. They're buzzers and they're drunks. They're addicts. They're pill poppers and they're junkies. You see, I've always wanted to understand why people do what they do. Because I believe if can figure out the why, then I can find ways to help them. Help them find a better life and heal. So I worked as clinician for probably about 15 years, and I watched as drugs and alcohol destroyed people's lives. I made the decision to go back to school and I got my PhD. Because I thought, maybe, through research I can find some of the answers to the questions that I couldn't answer as a clinician. And wha...
