At first, drugs, alcohol, or addictive behaviors feel like relief. The noise inside quiets down. The nervous system relaxes. For the first time, there’s ease. That’s how addiction begins. But over time, something changes. People say “the drugs stopped working.” What they really mean is: they no longer provide relief from themselves. In this video, we explore why drugs stop working, what’s actually happening in the nervous system, and why addiction was never the real problem it was an attempt to