A word on addiction, waiting for rock bottom & losing friends

04/06/2025 22 min

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Episode Synopsis

"Louis was tearing up towards the end.I genuinely felt that.Reach out to your friends, no matter what."Marking the three-year anniversary of his friend’s passing, Louis challenges the common belief that people struggling with addiction can only be helped after they reach their lowest point. He argues that for some, “rock bottom” may mean irreparable consequences—including death—making it a dangerously passive approach to intervention.Despite his kindness and reliability, Louis' friend fell into a pattern of substance abuse, which led to missed work, deteriorating health, and eventually, total disengagement from his job and friends. Attempts to help were complicated by the widespread notion that intervention is only effective after someone has lost everything, a belief Rossmann now deeply regrets following(I am not affiliated with Louis Rossmann)Original Video: https://youtu.be/bnPCbDiiD8A?feature=shared