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take the cure
vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) To enter into a rehabilitation program. 2 To take the waters
Usage examples of "take the cure".
The only way out for me is to take the cure, and you saw all them folks who took the cure.
So why don't you make him take the cure and come along to the stronghold with the rest of us instead of letting him butcher us and slink around licking his wounds while your people honor him as a martyr?
They're civilization addicts, and there's no power in our galaxy that could bring them to take the cure - except the Angels, who not only don't care but probably can't even begin to understand the problem.