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Beating Substance Abuse: Attention Not Willpower - Joan Tollifson.

Beating Substance Abuse: Attention Not Willpower - Joan Tollifson.15 sept.39 min

Joan Tolifson spent the sixties drinking herself into blackouts before becoming one of the most unflinching voices on addiction, shame, and what actually gets you free of them — a path built not on willpower, but on attention.

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