
12/08/2025
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If youâve ever been in treatment, therapy, or a ârecovery programme,â youâve probably been told itâs evidence-based.
It sounds reassuring. Like thereâs proof youâll be okay if you just follow the plan.
But.....
Evidence-based doesnât mean itâs going to change your life.
It just means someone, somewhere, measured something that looked good on paper.
In addiction treatment, that âevidenceâ is often:
- Did you finish the programme?
- Were you sober on discharge day?
- Did you show up to sessions?
- Did you follow the rules?
But none of that tells you if you can actually sit with yourself without wanting to run.
It doesnât measure whether youâve stopped using food, work, relationships, or control to numb out.
It doesnât tell you if you feel safe in your own skin for the first time in your life.
Iâve met people who ticked every box after treatment:
Sober. Stable. Independent.
And still⊠they felt numb, anxious, disconnected, and afraid to really be themselves.
Thatâs because you can remove a coping strategy without ever touching the pain underneath it. And when that happens, the pain just finds another door to walk through.
The kind of healing that lasts doesnât come from ticking boxes on a form.
It comes from turning inward.
From meeting the parts of yourself youâve been avoiding for years.
From learning to be with your own fear, grief, and shame - without trying to push it away.
Professionals can guide you, but they canât do this part for you.
The real evidence is how you live, how you relate, how you feel in your own body when no one is watching.
If youâve been waiting for the ârightâ programme or the âperfectâ expert to fix you, maybe itâs time to askâŠ
ðªðµð®ð ðµð®ðœðœð²ð»ð ð¶ð³ ð ððð®ð¿ð ð¹ð¶ððð²ð»ð¶ð»ðŽ ððŒ ðºððð²ð¹ð³ ð¶ð»ððð²ð®ð±?
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