by Duane Osterlind | Dec 1, 2025 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Author, Community, Healing, hope, Recovery, Rehabilitation, Therapy
In this episode, host Duane Osterlind speaks with Jaime W. Vinck MC, LPC , President of Meadows Behavioral Health and a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience in the treatment industry. They discuss her book, The Rehab Playbook, which aims to...
by Duane Osterlind | Nov 3, 2025 | Addiction, Author, Recovery, self-compassion
Journalist Sam Quinones, renowned for his deeply impactful books Dreamland and The Least of Us about the opioid and synthetic drug crises, returns to The Addicted Mind with a profoundly different, yet connected, story. In this episode, Sam and host Duane Osterlind...
by Duane Osterlind | Oct 13, 2025 | Addiction, Addiction Awareness, Family, Gratitude, Medical Treatment, Medicine, Recovery
Dr. Scott Teitelbaum’s world came crashing down when his addictions to marijuana, alcohol, cocaine, and gambling threatened not only his medical career but also his family life. As a former pediatrician who found himself battling these demons, Scott’s...
by Duane Osterlind | Sep 29, 2025 | Addiction, Author, Recovery, Television
Art Dielhenn’s journey from directing beloved TV classics like Sister Sister and Punky Brewster to becoming an author and career coach is nothing short of remarkable. Facing his own struggles with addiction, Art found recovery and shared his insights through two...
by Duane Osterlind | Sep 15, 2025 | Addiction, Addiction Awareness, Addiction Recovery Groups, Author, Community, Emotions, Family, Parenting, Recovery, Relationships and Addiction
When Lisa Smith’s family was gripped by the terror of her son’s addiction, they felt like mere spectators to a relentless storm. But through her groundbreaking concept of parallel recovery, they began to reclaim their roles as active participants in the...
by Duane Osterlind | Sep 8, 2025 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Bio Markers, DNA, Medical Treatment, Recovery, Science
If you found out earlier on in your youth that you actually have a genetic propensity toward addiction, would you have made decisions a lot differently? Addiction is a bio-psycho-social model, but we don’t really look at the biology part of it. Sometimes, we have to...
