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Thread: Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong (If you ever loved an addict, and do not have ADD, you need to watch this)

Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong (If you ever loved an addict, and do not have ADD, you need to watch this)
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What really causes addiction — to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do — and if there might be a better way. As he shares in this deeply personal talk, his questions took him around the world, and unearthed some surprising and hopeful ways of thinking about an age-old problem.