Feeling overwhelmed by your addiction or the addiction of a loved one? Discover a creative, non-shaming, and integrative way to understand and address addiction in this episode of the Wise Effort Show. Host Dr. Diana Hill and guest Dr. Carl Fisher delve into the complex nature of addiction, exploring it as a multifaceted issue that affects our energy and life direction. They share personal stories and professional insights, emphasizing compassion and humanity while offering a new perspective that frames addiction as a response to suffering and a call for deeper needs.
In This Episode, We Explore:
- How to view addiction with compassion and without stigma
- Dr. Carl Fisher’s personal journey with substance abuse and professional success
- The role of environmental factors in addiction and recovery
- The significance of social support and connection in overcoming addiction
Listen to this episode to learn strategies for managing urges and the importance of a supportive environment in recovery.
Suggested Next Episode:
Dopamine Nation: The Neuroscience Of Our Everyday Addictions With Dr. Anna Lembke
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About Dr. Carl Erik Fisher:
Carl Erik Fisher, M.D., is an addiction psychiatrist, bioethics scholar, author, and person in recovery. He is an associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University, where he studies and teaches law, ethics, and policy relating to psychiatry and neuroscience, especially issues related to substance use disorders and other addictive behaviors. He also maintains a private clinical practice focused on complementary and integrative approaches to addiction and recovery. He is the author of the nonfiction book The Urge: Our History of Addiction, named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker and The Boston Globe. The Urge is an intellectual and cultural history of addiction, interwoven with his own experiences as an addiction psychiatrist at Columbia and as someone in recovery himself.
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