We actually do often recognize that "just stop having problems" isn't usually useful advice for people with drug addiction, too. Ex. naltrexone for alcohol addi

We actually do often recognize that "just stop having problems" isn't usually useful advice for people with drug addiction, too. Ex. naltrexone for alcohol addiction, methadone for opioid addiction, etc. "Just stop having problems" is usually easy to say as an outside observer, but generally when someone's reward circuit is hijacked by addiction, it takes something more effective to rewire it. Sometimes sheer willpower is enough to exit the cycle, but usually it takes outside changes (drugs, environmental changes, effective therapy) to loosen the grip of addiction.