Addiction is a disease that tells us we aren’t sick. That’s one of the truest things I’ve heard in my 9 months of sobriety. This guy is awesome btw!!

@DoubleRainbows-fp6ih

4 жыл бұрын

De- Nile The longest river- I heard a person share in a 12 Step meeting. Id add: a river with the greatest depths and twists. Or DENIAL.

@evelynbaron2004

4 жыл бұрын

I tried so hard to be sober without involving myself in AA; sponsor; the 12 steps, volunteering etc. It was terrifying but everything I've ever accomplished required overcoming fear and dogged determination. So thankful for this talk!

@Jeslieness

4 жыл бұрын

Congrats on your nine months--keep up the good work!

@davinastanton3865

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Harley on your 9 month's of being clean. And everyone else who is doing this. With love. 💗

@davinastanton3865

4 жыл бұрын

@@evelynbaron2004 How are you Evelyn? You are in my thoughts. 💗

Nothing like hearing an addict speak about addicts. This guy is spot on and very pleasant to listen to, in his manner. Very enjoyable.

@EnglishTeacher1998

4 жыл бұрын

He's awful. Talking about "the destructive idiots we were born to be"? That's abusive. And this idea that only addicts can help other addicts has its roots in terrible places like Synanon. Google it.

@stuartmatheson4746

8 ай бұрын

​@@EnglishTeacher1998 horrendous isn't it the beleif of misinformation on the Internet.

Workaholism is also an addiction. This addiction is rewarded by our society, especially in medicine.

@oliveoil4380

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. In law, too.

@brittaolson6550

2 жыл бұрын

It’s funny how doctors judge people with addictions so much and, yet, do so much coke.

@bachelor2346

2 жыл бұрын

Fact.

@maxinahunt8652

Жыл бұрын

And veterinary medicine.

I'm exactly like this man. qualified therapist in the field. I'm also getting through a relapse. addiction is a beast.

@noelkemmy1694

6 жыл бұрын

I'm on a stabilisation/slow detox off codeine/Valium. I don't drink/use street drugs, haven't in years. my main addiction is c/v. I worked as a therapist in this field when I was recovering. so I'm receiving help and plan B is treatment again .

@noelkemmy1694

6 жыл бұрын

yes Duran, I am.

@noelkemmy1694

6 жыл бұрын

the Durans, four days now

@kevinramsey9758

5 жыл бұрын

I'm a retread also - way better this time. It took me three tries in 22 yrs. to find solid sobriety. If you keep trying you will get past the things that you missed before.

@evelynbaron2004

4 жыл бұрын

O Noel, it's the journey, NEVER give up!!!!!

People have a strong desire to angrily blame addicts. It seems like it makes them feel like they are strong people because they aren't addicted. While, in reality, they probably are addicted to something, just not drugs or alcohol. People have a nasty desire to try to feel good about themselves by condemning others.

@mcarthylayne7451

7 жыл бұрын

Especially those of the Abrahamic religions.

@diesel5355

7 жыл бұрын

Caleb McFarland dumb. I might be addicted to sugar and KZread, but I've never robbed and killed someone for it. the biggest problem with drug and alcohol addiction isn't the addiction itself, but the disgusting conduct that comes with it.

@hotdog7988

6 жыл бұрын

Spot on, and your last sentence could be the worst type of addiction of all and spans across all parts of life and effects everybody. If anybody wants to become a better person, address this.

@chaucerparks5941

6 жыл бұрын

Caleb McFarland PREACH!!!👍👍

@tashadevans4653

6 жыл бұрын

Caleb McFarland lol

I agree with a lot, but I think an important aspect missing from this is generational trauma. If you have grown up in a home of addicts you don't generally learn, nor will you be taught by your parents by example, about how to approach emotional dilemmas. I believe this has a profound impact on us as we enter our teens and adulthood.

Love the Addict. Hate the Addiction. 💗

@valerieoconnor4462

Жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful quote 😊

I am a recovering addict for alcohol, nicotine and opioids. I have been clean & sober for 6 years now. I reccomend the 12 steps program to anyone- regardless of addiction or what type of addiction.

This man was surely a fearsome thing to behold in his prime.

I tend to lend more credit to the view by which addiction's root cause lays with childhood trauma. Thanks for sharing this.

@championette..

2 жыл бұрын

I share your views... do you follow the work of Dr. Gabor Maté as well?

At last someone who knows addiction! Thank you.

This has been one of my favorite talks on addiction. This man made the most sense.

Dr. Robert Lefever . Presented the best understanding of addiction and his approach should be the model of the right way to withdraw from addictions.

I have been addicted to many things and substances.....only way I was able to deal with myself.....until I discovered myself over years of work and research... I am healthier now than ever at about 40 years old....I.have migraines (my first addiction, to oxycontin)......then many other things all stemming from that addiction at the start.....other addictions and meds to combat other effects of meds. Which lead to smoking, depression and suicide thoughts. I am 38, non smoker after 20 years of smoking, no drinking in years.... But I do use thc at night when needed. Good luck people. You are your worst enemy.....be friends instead....you will come out better, and alive.

I am a Diabetic addicted to sugar. People don't understand but it's like I crave it more than anything.

@ritagamez3732

2 жыл бұрын

Probiotics helps me with my cravings, and suppresses my appetite, but they were too much for my system, so I pretty stopped using them. The carbs., are what increases the cravings. Stop the sugar/carbs., and stop the cravings. My problem is, I don’t like to eat. I will choose a dessert, any day, for a regular meal. I’m still a sugar addict. I have been battling it all my life.

lefever, owner of the rehab i went to. 3 times. now 16 years clean. must have helped somehow. (guys if you are sick...stay home).

Was this at a cold and cough conference? Geez

@Nick-li4jr

3 ай бұрын

😂

What profound words, this ted talk is severely under appreciated!

Group therapy is key! Getting a sponsor is groundbreaking for a narcotic addict.

@basslin3r

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't work for me

He's the first person with a comb over to be a cool dude. Great talk

@navysteve95

4 жыл бұрын

Don't hate the combover hate hate alopecia

@matthewholden1784

4 жыл бұрын

@@navysteve95 lol nah I'm planning on getting a comb over now after watching this talk. He's inspired and educated me in more ways than one. Own the comb over own oneself

@navysteve95

4 жыл бұрын

@@matthewholden1784 will you be my Spiritual Mentor? Not since David Carradine has been able to reach me Until now Did we just become Best Friends?

@matthewholden1784

4 жыл бұрын

@@navysteve95 yes we did. I will answer ANY query and pour water on any fear you may have concerning your life Steve Calderbank. It will all be OK. Watch Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder tonight, I think if Tyson doesn't accept his fear and let himself run and out point him like last fight then he's going to be a rabbit in the headlights and get knocked out.

@navysteve95

4 жыл бұрын

@@matthewholden1784 it doesn't get any perfecter than that huh?

Listening to persons in the audience coughing without abandon is bone chilling in 2021

@westcoastorbust2462

2 жыл бұрын

This!

What I find interesting is that I used to eat and drink a lot of sugar, which I had to learn to stop by focusing on something else; in my case it is exercise, cycling sportives and gym work, which gives me what I need... And has replaced my sugar dependency. I find it interesting that he links sugar dependency and exercise together: so, if I want to avoid becoming Diabetic in older life, I must keep up my sporting endeavors.

I think it is best an addict be treated by an ex active addict I know alot of doctors that do not understand it! It is one of those things you have to experience to know! You cannot just read and do research you will never understand!

@stephaniedegange2737

6 жыл бұрын

so very true

@heatherbartholomew8403

6 жыл бұрын

I meant to put non active lol! Somebody that has alot of clean time!

@EnglishTeacher1998

4 жыл бұрын

They'd better have a lot of education, degrees, and medical knowledge as well.

@nickp9994

3 жыл бұрын

“The therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel”

I’m so impressed w this articulate man. Thank you for giving me hope and understanding

I would be interested to hear a conversation between this man and Gabor Mate

@amirtamaddon9432

3 жыл бұрын

OMG YESSSSS

Boy am I grateful for the ability to forget.

wonderful approach ! And a different point of view, compared with all that I have heard about addictions. And all these various teachings allow us to come closer and closer to the core of the problem. I've heard very interesting things on TEDx talks, and I'm gratefull to all of you. I'm myself a discreet addict therapist, and I agree with you: addicts, just like gifted children, have to be understood and not judged, and it is impossible to understand with the conscious mind only, and without feeling it deeply. You don't learn feelings in books or at university... Thank you for sharing your experience :-)

This gentleman is spot on! It totally makes sense when he talks about the nuero- transmission..the disease of addiction is neurologically transmitted through the genes from addicts in the addicts family tree

As someone working in addiction I am sharing your words as they are so relevant ! 👍🇬🇧👍

Wheare Lil peep "dying" intro, please time code

@gusmorrusmorris1845

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@calios8209

4 жыл бұрын

Just watched the whole thing it's not here

@HXSHXR

3 жыл бұрын

+++

I agree about EMDR . It is an astounding therapy. I believe it addresses the deep TRAUMAS from addiction but Also any other traumas too. I can now revisit terrible bullying incidents and feel very little pain.

@evelynbaron2004

4 жыл бұрын

I've never encountered EMDR; I do mindfulness meditation, AA, volunteer on the phone, soup kitchen because I simply love to cook, and take my wonder Peke to old age homes, because I lost my Dad to Alzheimers. There is something profoundly healing about accepting one's past. Will look into EMDR, tx!!!

Amazing. Thank you Dr.

.... Without "Brain Power" .... "Connection" ... "Research", .... "Good Intuition" ... We can't get anywhere! ... THANK YOU .... TED!

This man is lovely and wise and kind.

i'm gonna be like this man right after i finish this sack

I learn a lot from these videos, being a recovering addict myself. Thank you.

I wish I could talk to this man

Thank you so much for your talk! I've been listening to talks on addiction for a really long time as I am one. Have been to many treatment facilities an never heard anyone say this! All of it was eye opening. An have to say one if the best things which I totally agree with is we have a disease of Perception! The way we perceive things is different from "normal" people. I'm hoping you have more talks on KZread I'm going to chk it our. Thank you so much!

God bless you...thank you

You are awesome my friend

wow! such a speech!

This guy is amazing

Awesome talk, Doc. Thank you.

One of my favourite Ted talks! Thank you

Bang on. Brilliant. let’s leave the morality aside. Let’s deal with this problem.

Such a brilliant man

You are setting the stage for your kids with how you live your evenings in front of them. Don't ever think you are smart enough to keep "you" from "them".

this guy is so right

Great video!!!

Genes at work. ❤ Great lecture! "The most important thing is intuition."

First. My God dude stay home this is how we got COVID. Second I can 100% understand this long lineage of addicts, I myself having an eating disorder while trying to assist my father the gambler raised by his father the alcoholic etc etc. It feels impossible most days and like I should give up because I can't even control my own mind.

@tagaway6173

3 жыл бұрын

How are you doing now?

@ilaiketurtles5889

3 жыл бұрын

You realize this was filmed 4 years ago. And also some people get a dry throat from talking for long periods of time.

@nickp9994

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilaiketurtles5889 I think they were referring to the guy in the audience coughing not the speaker. But yea, the dates are way off… Most likely typhoid

@rdoodoo2021

Жыл бұрын

​@@nickp9994 😅🤟

Well said Robert👏

just watching this kinda helps

@olgakim4848

4 жыл бұрын

Yep.

Yes indeed we are responsible for our own personal negligences as well as any sorts of downfallls we are going through in our life. Blessings to those who are going through difficult times in their lives.

Hope the guy that had a cough is okay now

@michaelseidenberg2323

3 жыл бұрын

She was addicted to coughing

Great speech

I like this man. bang on the fuckin money

I adore that man! ❤️❤️❤️

I would love to speak at a tedx conference

it's okay i'm coughing too

The only things I don't find addictive are good wholesome habits and activities. Soooo.... yeah doc!

This is an excellent, comprehensive, and very candid talk about addiction. I think we all could have done without the Coughing Connie Covid who provided the background audio. Holy Cow! You're coughing like that but remain in the room?! How thoughtless and inconsiderate!

Very nice !

6:45 what was that cut?

Why is the audio so bad in this video? Its distracting. But the message is clear nonetheless.

I kinda envy those who can do "sensible use". I wonder if there is a predisposition gene for sensible drug use ability(in a broad sense - not just psychoactive chemical ones) or it is a learned thing ;-)

@gordordf1091

5 жыл бұрын

self control is the term you are looking for :)

Pass Around some Cough Syrup ... lol...

@bobbytarantino1066

5 жыл бұрын

lmfao

@GemmaJadeYT

4 жыл бұрын

Clan Maccus yeah lol I thought that was just me!!

@Wayne-pr6vs

4 жыл бұрын

Some codeine linctus

@carieyoung1111

4 жыл бұрын

No doubt!

@jackstargazer5976

4 жыл бұрын

All heavy smokers

Brilliant

ok, give that person some water! PLEASE! 🥤

This man understands, ❤️ edit:wish the rest of the world did too :(

I am struggling

@stephaniedegange2737

6 жыл бұрын

i am sorry...

@o0LoveLove0o

5 жыл бұрын

Me too, you're not alone and never will be. *cyber hugs"

@terrykelly7042

5 жыл бұрын

tell someone. if I can recover you can too

@JenLyn78

4 жыл бұрын

Are you ok now? Im also a struggling/recovering addict...its a battle that is definitely not for the faint of heart...reach out to someone even me if you want or need to...reply n ill shoot u my email...

@navysteve95

4 жыл бұрын

David J. Have you found help?

Every human is an addict, it is due to a state of anxiety. There is no such thing as a non addict! Phone, shopping, Internet, voyeurism, tea, coffee, gossip?

This man and his speech was very interesting however I wanted to turn it off a few times because of the constant coughing, I don't know how he kept his cool cos it was very irratatating, I did find it informative thank you 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

@michaelseidenberg2323

3 жыл бұрын

They were coughing addicts

@westcoastorbust2462

2 жыл бұрын

Yea it’s so annoying. They should have walked out b

Addiction is not a disease. It's a response to attempting to escape human suffering. The addiction came along to help the individual solve a problem that they had no other solution for at that time. Not all addicts, but probably most, are living with some kind of trauma that they never got help for or learned how to cope with. Sidebar* Is the man reading to a large group of 6 year olds who all need cough drops? I can't even finish it.

@mitzi5305

2 жыл бұрын

Addiction for me is a response to my suffering. If I told another person all that brought me to addiction I don't know they could, would, believe me. I met Robert Lefever once, took part in group therapy that he lead maybe 30 years ago in Kent. I can't agree that addiction is genetic, but I do believe we learn from others that oblivion can be achieved. At a cost.

can an addictive person volunteer to be part of research?

There is no lil peep song's intro and outro!

I’m an alcoholic. I quit smoking four packs a day but haven’t been able to quit drinking.

@buddyprice7541

3 жыл бұрын

birds fly. fish swim and drunks drink. I have 11 months sober one day at a time. Bought a boat and fish when I am not working. I love my sobriety. Best wishes to you.

@paulamoors

3 жыл бұрын

@@buddyprice7541 as of today I am over two months sober. My mind set has changed completely. I no longer feel like I am giving up a best friend. I’ve never been happier.

One and six have addictive nature is BOGUS. Everyone is an addict of some kind - they are just socially acceptable like work, or indifference for example.

@kirstyriver7689

2 жыл бұрын

Preach.

The thing no one tells you is that 12 step programs and rehabs based on 12 steps (which is most of them) are almost guaranteed not to help, and if you are in the 92% that fail to find your solution in the 12 steps the program's answer is to blame the addict. The fact that it has gone on this way since the 1930's with almost no progress or innovation is a clear sign of the discrimination that exists in society. No other group is just written off the way drug addicts are. If anything else was killing epidemic numbers of people in the prime of their lives the way addiction has we'd be looking for real solutions not perpetuating, and in this case profiting from, a myth.

@Michael-tr7uq

3 жыл бұрын

So true. 80% of people with AUD don't even seek help because of the dismal efficacy of standard "treatment". Science-based treatments like The Sinclair Method have much higher effectiveness (10x). TEDx talk on KZread. Highly recommend this method. No shame, no guilt, just cure. “The Sinclair Method … it really made a lot of sense. It’s so beautiful. You don’t have to stop drinking. You don’t have to give up alcohol. The alcohol will give you up. So that is the beauty of this treatment.” Dr. Kshama Metre

@kirstyriver7689

2 жыл бұрын

❤ do agree. I went to the most expensive 12 step drug addiction rehab in europe for two months and they fed us a lot of bull for being in the 3%percentage that had the money and circumstantial desperation to be in there. They called us "stronger than the 97% per cent." Kinda hit really wrong with me. I didn't pat myself on the back at the time.

@kirstyriver7689

2 жыл бұрын

❤👍

@westcoastorbust2462

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting

ANYTHING IN EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS IS A ADDICTION

We are the worst in the healthcare field. One day we say enough. It’s unique and I am not saying enough for the reasons you think. And I love my job. We are broken

I'm addicted to coughing

Not sure every addict is born. Or even made by bad events. I started my life as someone that didnt need drugs because life was so stimulating and beauty and interest and curiousity everywhere. I accidentally found the wonders of opioids and swore never go there. My early middle ages were wonderful. Then i needed comfort safety and feeling good. Cuz stopped feeling alot. Turned to opioids of course and acting like a teenager and being 49. Displaying perfect addiction behavior out of nowhere. Only thing i can think of was that i past the 15 year mark on ssris. If they made me like this its kind of interesting.

When you say to yourself " I'm glad I'm not like that " your walking on shaky ground

there's always like two or three people who want to cough throughout the whole talk.

@benbelt5849

7 жыл бұрын

Emma Ferguson it's almost like coughing can be involuntary. surprising right?

@benbelt5849

7 жыл бұрын

Emma Ferguson right... nobody has ever coughed not on purpose? what kind of sense does that make

@joeymitchell5467

7 жыл бұрын

lol thats great its so true

@dawnadawn

5 жыл бұрын

Funny, I heard every word said and can't recall ever hearing someone cough? Why is that? Anyway my brain works different than yours I suppose.

@rachelalexandra9818

5 жыл бұрын

I was totally distracted by the constant hacking as well.

Everyone is addicted to something it’s just that they’re not too addicted to the point of severe suffering.

Exceptional. As good as Gabor Mate.

@Quinefan

6 жыл бұрын

He claims there are specific genes which predispose to addiction (without which a person won't become addicted), but offers no support for this claim. He mentions trauma as a 'contributory cause' but doesn't explore it at all. He makes the remarkable claim that individual therapy is always ineffective unless the therapist is also an addict - again offering no support for this claim. It seems very strange to me.

Ain’t this the truth.

I have three different size clothes he said because his weight fluctuate up and down. Apparently he's wearing the big version of him clothing

If ur here for lil peep dyin's intro... Ur Legend n real Fan Bro😹😹💔

Addiction is a double edged sword

I was with him till he advocated the 12 step programme as used by AA

people are not addicted, they are trying to soothe themselves, they like what alcohol, cigarrets etc does for them the feeling it gives, most likely they engage in addiction because they have unpleasant feelings within them that make them seek other things to sooth this unpleasant feelings aka if you are facing a big obstacles, and you dont have the skills to cope with it(ppl who are more positive are able to cope better, so hence, they turn to other things like alcohol, a temporary relieve from unpleasant feelings. over time, it become a habit, they are attracted to the feeling alcohol gives, even in the absence of the trigger aka the unpleasant feeling.

Wow

My research into this very personal subject leads to me to think that one of the most effective treatments for any and all types of addiction could be Ibogaine therapy administered and supervised by a competent and compassionate counselor/guide. The process rarely lasts for more than a week and involves a sort of regression by the addict to the time in their lives when an event or trauma created in them the conditions both physical and psychological that would ultimately lead them into the addiction which would eventually dominate and control their lives even to the point of self destruction because the slow suicide which is characterized by addiction becomes, for the subconscious, the only means for release and liberation from that addiction. I suspect that the reason that Ibogaine therapy is not more widely accepted and utilized is precisely because it is so effective and by its nature represents a threat to the more commonly accepted and much more lucrative rehab processes. After all the twin industries of addiction and rehabilitation are, quite obviously, highly profitable for TPTB.

I'm addicted to Ted Talks. Help!

"I have a life to live!"

I'm addicted to FAMILY FEUD

I feel like the audience didn't cough enough.

All negative....I mean in some Native culture 'addicts' are given respect since they hold the difficult things for all...everyone else in on the progress, success ladder, they take the societal-familial ghosts, the suffering of humankind of life...don't buy the addicts just cause problems, maybe they are absorbing them even if they leak...they leak through their own hearts first!

@lynne5322

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting idea. Sometimes I think this is the case for depressives as well...holding pain spiritually so others can live more carefree lives. Like scapegoats. (Just interesting to contemplate.)