“Where I’m sitting right now, I’m in recovery,” Haataja said. He said some knew of his addiction – particularly some friends and coworkers – but his family was oblivious to it for a very long time. Bruce Haataja discusses his struggles with addiction in his book "Chaos Between My Ears: A Front-Row Seat to an Addict’s Mind." “There is so much shame involved in someone admitting they have an addiction, and there shouldn’t be,” Haataja said. … Let’s not shame those people that do have an addiction or mental health struggles.