People recover from addiction. They also go on to do good things (Ep. 215)

<p class="p1">Matt Finch covers a study on addiction and recovery published on Stat News. Here is a quote from the piece: "Around 75% of people seeking recovery from a substance use problem achieve their goal, though it may take them some time to achieve full remission. The average number of attempts before success is five, though the median number is just two, meaning that a small number of outliers who need five-plus attempts, inflate the numbers, making them look worse than they are."</p>