by Duane | Dec 12, 2019 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Recovery
Our guests for today are Mark Sheeran and Michelle Dunbar of the Baldwin Research Group. They have a thought-provoking conversation about The Freedom Model of addiction treatment, which is a non-Twelve Step, and non-disease model of treatment. Mark is 49-years old. He...
by Duane | Dec 5, 2019 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Recovery
Today, Dave Jansa, of We Face It Together, talks about how he helps people get through a part of addiction treatment that sometimes tends to be overlooked. There are some people who suffer from addiction who have not necessarily hit their rock bottom. So, although...
by Duane | Nov 28, 2019 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Recovery
Today’s guest is Gregg Champion and he will be talking about hitting rock bottom, what that means, and the significance of finding ourselves sitting at the crossroads of wanting to change from a life of addiction to one of recovery. Gregg also discusses his rock...
by Duane | Nov 21, 2019 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Grief & Loss, Mental Health
Today’s guest is Dr. Sonya Lott, a licensed psychologist with advanced training from Columbia University’s Center for Complicated Grief. Sonya runs a private practice in Pennsylvania and she hosts the Reflections on Multicultural Competence Podcast. She is...
by Duane | Nov 14, 2019 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Recovery
Today, Erin Miller shares her story of losing her son, Chad, to heroin addiction. She talks very frankly about her painful process of grief and loss, and she explains how she’s managed to find meaning and purpose in what she’s been through, by using...
by Duane | Nov 7, 2019 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Food Addiction, Recovery
In this episode, Mike Collins talks to us about sugar addiction. Mike is the chairman of the Food Addiction Institute, a non-profit which has been around since 2005. Their stated goal is to get chronic sugar use elevated to a substance use disorder. Mike found...
by Duane | Oct 9, 2019 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Depression, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Porn Addiction, Recovery, Sex Addiction, Trauma
Our guest on this episode of The Addicted Mind podcast is Eli Nash, founder of the Mic Drop public speaking training program whose purpose is to help people articulate their stories. Eli has recently gained recognition from his TEDx video about escaping his porn...
by Duane | Sep 23, 2019 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Food Addiction, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery, Sex Addiction, Trauma, Women Addiction
Dr. Ellie Katz has spent the past 35 years working in the area of addiction treatment, using her holistic approach and real talk with compassion to work with her clients. She joins us on this episode of the Addicted Mind podcast to discuss her experiences and...
by Duane | Sep 2, 2019 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Food Addiction, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Mindfulness, PTSD, Recovery, Therapy, Trauma
Our guest on this episode of The Addicted Mind podcast is Leslie Cole, an addiction medicine physician at a clinic outside of Nashville, Tennessee, and author of the book “Quit Pain Pills.” Leslie spent the first 20 years of her medical career as an internist. The...
by Duane | Aug 14, 2019 | 12-step, Addiction, Addiction Recovery Groups, Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery, Therapy
Cynthia Schmit is an advocate for medication-assisted treatment of addictions who would love to see healthcare providers informing their patients of all of the options for treating their addictions. On this episode of The Addicted Mind podcast, Cynthia talks with us...
