Lisa Inside Addiction

Jolene didn't call her self an alcoholic but she knew in no uncertain terms that her drinking was problematic. She was in the space she calls grey area drinkers. She took a body first approach using nutrition and somatic expanding to change her relationship with alcohol.

From self-will to finding recovery through music with Britt Barker

Winged Victory spent years drinking but discovered sobriety without AA or rehab. She grew up in a loving family but her parents divorced when she was young and her dad was soon out of the picture.  Winged Victory was raised by her mum and they experienced a family tragedy when her brother died when she was 17. As Winged Victory grew up she became a musician working her way up to play in the Symphony Orchestra. She loved her career and didn't actually drink much when she was younger because of her dication to her job. 

Robb was a doctor living in a million-dollar house with his wife and kids. He drove a Porsche 911 and earned well over a quarter of a million dollars a year. If most of us work up in his shoes we would think we had wone the lottery. But this wasn't the full story.

Robbs drinking was worse than ever and he would blackout, not for hours or days but for weeks and he couldn't remember what had happened. On top of the lost days, his violence was getting worse to the point where he stabbed his wife three times because she wouldn't let him drink. He was heading in a direction he could have never imagined.

One by one everyone abandoned him. They all walked away, his wife, kids and friends. He lost everything including his doctor's license. When he finally woke up from the drunken haze it was 6 months later when he was homeless sleeping under bus shelters.

Addiction is the only illness that tells you you don't have it

On this Podcast, we go inside #addiction to discuss #whyweusedrugs and #helppeopleinsaddiction   Peter Sage gives us his take on addiction and gives us ways to help alcoholic friends, partners or loved one who doesn't want help.  

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On this Podcast, I had the honour of talking to Laura McKowen author of “We are the luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life”. Laura shared her story and insights from her own journey to #recovery and #sobriety and we discussed the #benefitsofsoberlife.  

One thing that makes the most sense to her about addiction is that “Addiction is anything you do or continue to do despite the negative consequences”.  

Laura went from drinking somewhat problematically at the beginning to very problematically for most of the time she was drinking. Her alcohol problems started in her late teens and went on for almost twenty years when she got sober at the age of 37. Although she did other drugs as well, alcohol was always the first choice for her. 

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On this Podcast we go inside addiction to talk about #addiction #recovery and #howweviewaddiction  

“You might pretend to be functioning, but you’re still using in the background” 

Liv believes addiction is a coping mechanism stemming from complex trauma. In her teens she started to drink, smoke weed and later on using speed.  Like so many others she pretended to be high functioning whilst using alcohol and drugs to try and cope with things - a false promise that substances can’t deliver.  As she graduated her drinking and using had progressed into an addiction and she found herself doing things she wouldn’t normally do.  

“It was awful - I had no memory of the night before, I checked if I was covered in bruises, I checked through my phone to see what I had done the night before”  

She had lost her job, several friends and her family wasn’t really talking to her anymore. She was totally isolated and the age of 32 she couldn’t take anymore.  After a huge binge drink up she reached out for help and attended an AA meeting...  

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On this Podcast, we go inside #addiction to talk about #recovery and learn tools about #howtoworryless   

Thirty years ago Gigi used alcohol, romance and professional accomplishments to soothe her nerves. She quit drinking and found that she had a serious thinking problem. She discovered effective tools from therapy, recovery programs, scientific research and a variety of philosophical and spiritual teachings to deal with what was going on in her life.  

We talked about her recent book “50 Ways to Worry Less Now” and she gave some really helpful tips for overcoming stress, anxiety and worry - without alcohol or drugs.   

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In this week’s Podcast I had the privilege to interview Louise from the blog “A hangover free life”.

She spoke about going from drinking irregularly to going on big blown-up drinking episodes where she ended up doing something embarrassing she’d regret.

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Today my guest on the podcast Roman Gelperin and we go inside gaming addiction. Roman finds this addiction very psychologically interesting and he lives humans are made to get addicted to things. He spent most of his childhood playing video games then in adult life he found himself binging and becoming addicted to video games. It got to the point when he would spend weeks and months straight playing.