THE P/R PARADIGM The Myth or Motive behind the hypoic's search within the P/R paradigm for Happiness is: My feelings are the indicators of how I'm doing. "I must change myself into a happy and successful person. I must change my feelings from "BAD" feelings to "GOOD" feelings. I refuse to feel the way I do. I feel bad because I am making mistakes. I need a therapist or medication to change this." This misconception is what causes the search for addictors and gurus, and results in addictions and misery in hypoics. Unhappiness is the HOOK of the P/R paradigm. The four cardinal principles of the Psychological/Religious (P/R) paradigm:---Control of addiction and feelings is from the outside. Control Prevention Treatment Change

Consequences (all mostly caused by the paradigm itself): stigmatization, denial, hiding underground, demonization, bias, prejudice, superstitious beliefs, defiance, anger, prejudice, discrimination, irrational fear, poisoned attitudes, crime and violence, remorse, guilt, destruction of self and families, spread of disease, magnification of associated problems, damaging public attitudes and policies, anonymity, mass destruction and incarceration, high relapse risk, and substitute and new addictions. Ignores and misperceives other personal difficulties as psychological and unrelated requiring other treatments.

THE HYPOISM PARADIGM The goal of the Hypoism paradigm is self-acceptance and recovery, not happiness. The realization is that the search for happiness leads to misery and addictions. Hypoics in recovery accept their feelings, whatever they are. They don't judge them. And, they don't aim to change them. This is just the opposite of the P/R paradigm and is the only way to recovery. The four cardinal principles of the Hypoism paradigm:---Recovery is from within. Acknowledgment Realization Surrender Acceptance

Outcomes (resolution of P/R paradigm consequences): destigmatization, acceptance, out in the open recovery, particularly, early recovery, diminution of associated problems, stabilized lives and families, realistic attitudes and policies, productivity, low relapse risk, and recovery from all three areas of hypoic difficulties, not just stopping primary addiction.

The point of this page, if not obvious, concerns the inevitible results derived from the following equation, a general principle in human decision-making be it for treatment or policy decisions. The equation is: