Bill Prasad of Prasad Counseling discusses the Dunning-Kruger effect in high-achieving professionals who may misjudge their abilities. the article describes how overconfidence can appear in medical providers, engineers, project managers, teachers, and attorneys when they move into unfamiliar domains. The piece connects the bias to the four stages of competence, especially the early stage where people do not yet know what they do not know. Prasad emphasizes that self-awareness

Joshua Bennett-Johnson, LADC-II, a licensed counselor with 14 years' experience, argues that the for-profit rehab model focuses more on billing, marketing, insurance, luxury amenities, and short-term stabilization than long-term recovery. The article urges readers to scrutinize patient brokering, revolving-door treatment, underuse of medication-assisted treatment, and weak aftercare.

John Makohen emphasizes the importance of family history of substance use disorder without viewing genetics as fate. Citing research on genetic liability across substances, he explains how inherited vulnerability interacts with trauma, stress, sleep issues, pain, access, and social factors and describes practical ways to build healthier responses to daily stress triggers.