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First, can is the important word here. The point is that if the rest of your life is okay, there's no need to run away by drinking yourself under the table. You seem to be implying that there are no people on Earth who went from addiction to moderation. There's nuance to it.

To be fair, however, we're not encouraging people who've struggled with alcoholism (esp. severe) to have a drink.

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> if the rest of your life is okay, there's no need to run away by drinking yourself under the table.

That's... not how it works. One might have become an alcoholic because the rest of their life was shit; but remaining an alcoholic is another matter. Highly-functioning addicts are still addicts. A lot of neurochemical processes don't care for the social or psychological situation.

It's a bit like saying that "people can sail the Atlantic in a kayak"; a few might make it, but the overwhelming majority will die under the waves, and telling them they can do it is just Bad.

Fair enough, given that the rest of the series is more about behavioral addictions that substance addictions, it might make sense to change that passage. Thank you for the feedback.

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