by Duane Osterlind | Jan 21, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Recovery
Opium has been around but what many people don’t realize is how much it has shaped society and culture. The United States has spent over $1 trillion on drug enforcement since President Nixon declared a war on drugs. And by any measure, that crisis has become...
by Duane Osterlind | Jan 14, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction
On today’s episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane speaks with mother and son, Laura and Tom Boldt, authors of Unraveled, A Mother and Son Story of Addiction and Redemption. They talk about their story of recovery and how they worked together to get recovery. They...
by Duane Osterlind | Jan 4, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Food Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy
On this episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane sits down with Jeff Nash to talk about addiction, recovery, and the importance of finding and engaging in a recovery community. Jeff is the executive director at Habilitat in Hawaii. Raised in Dallas, Jeff struggled...
by Duane Osterlind | Dec 18, 2020 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Anxiety, Depression, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, PTSD, Therapy, Trauma
On this episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane talks to Dylan Beynon, founder and CEO of Mindbloom, a health and well-being company that provides physician-prescribed psychedelics and guided ketamine therapy. Dylan describes the time he first experienced...
by Duane | Dec 4, 2020 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Grief & Loss, PTSD, Recovery, Therapy, Trauma
On today’s episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane speaks with author, teacher, and mother Mary Burns. During their discussion, Mary meditates on grief, loss, and her son’s struggle with addiction and mental illness. As early as seven, Mary’s son, Eric, started to...
by Duane | Nov 13, 2020 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Anxiety, Betrayal Trauma, Couples, Depression, Drug Addiction, Eating Disorders, Food Addiction, Gambling Addiction, Grief & Loss, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Porn Addiction, PTSD, Recovery, Sex Addiction, Therapy, Trauma
On today’s episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane talks to author, speaker, and teacher Jenna Riemersma about internal family systems, or IFS. Jenna describes how IFS can help to transform your feelings about addictions and past trauma. Jenna talks about how IFS...
by Duane | Oct 31, 2020 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Bisexuality, Drug Addiction, LGBTQ, Recovery, Sexuality, Therapy
On today’s episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane talks to hip-hop artist Chris Hamilton (aka “ILL TONE”) about the struggle of addiction and the joy of recovery. He struggled with social anxiety and wrestling with his sexual identity while amongst conservatives...
by Duane | Oct 15, 2020 | Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Anxiety, Depression, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery, Therapy, Trauma
On today’s episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane talks to author Marques Marchand about addiction, dual diagnoses, and understanding your past. Christmas 2009, Marques was working at a restaurant and woke up with flu-like symptoms. He hit rock bottom a year...
by Duane | Sep 23, 2020 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorder, Depression, Drug Addiction, Food Addiction, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery, Therapy, Trauma
On today’s episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane sits down with Tracy Kenela about “calming the chaos” and creating peace and calm in our lives. Therapist and podcast host, Tracy discusses how she came to start studying “overwhelm” as a psychological concept. An...
by Duane | Sep 9, 2020 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Couples, Depression, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Mindfulness, PTSD, Recovery, Therapy, Trauma
On today’s episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane sits down with Dr. Robb Kelly to discuss alcohol and opioid addiction. Educated at Oxford, he drank through most of school. He was fired from his job as a police officer, which made him realize that his drinking...