256 - Is Addiction a Disease or a Spiritual Yoke? | Thomas Pohl on Deliverance from Addiction
Is addiction really an incurable brain disease — or is it a spiritual yoke that can be fully broken? In this episode of The Recovery Couch, host Brandon Couch sits down with author Thomas W. Pohl to unpack his book "Deliverance from Addiction: Breaking the Yoke and Healing the Hurt."
Thomas shares the difference between recovery and deliverance, why he believes addiction is rooted in unresolved trauma, and how faith-based deliverance offers a more permanent path forward than lifelong management. Brandon and Thomas also dig into a candid, no-holds-barred debate on marijuana, Xanax, and opiate…
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