I talk with Staton Peele about the nature of addiction. Peele believes that addiction is a life problem, not a brain disease. We talk about the ideas that he has been writing about for many years.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Stanton Peele https://peele.net/

00:02:43 Failure is redefined as success in addition science 

00:05:05 Life Process Program https://lifeprocessprogram.com/

00:07:33 Most rehab sets a person up for failure 

00:09:01 A non-disease approach is more realistic 

00:10:11 Harm reduction 

00:10:49 The entire addiction field is built on bullshit 

00:11:55 What is addiction? 

00:13:41 Opioid addiction 

00:16:37 Mindfulness 

00:17:11 Responsibility in addiction 

00:19:19 What does a person gain from addiction? 

00:21:57 Brain science BS in addiction 

00:22:05 Life needs to come online with their values 

00:24:20 Human motivation and experience help a person quit 

00:26:23 Dealing with addiction as a disease makes it worse 

00:28:52 Freud and secondary gain 

00:31:14 My job is to open a window for a person 

00:31:46 You have the power to improve yourself 

00:31:48 Encouraging a person is the most essential ingredient 

00:33:25 Labels hurt a person 

00:36:21 Therapeutic State https://amzn.to/36n63KJ

00:36:31 Jeffrey Schaler https://youtu.be/7wySu4S1w14

00:37:20 Addiction that causes the most deaths 

00:42:43 Addiction to alcohol 

00:45:08 Living a good life prevents addiction 

00:48:04 Labels can be crippling 

00:48:57 Life Process Program https://lifeprocessprogram.com/

00:49:23 Peele.net https://peele.net/

00:49:37 Books by Stanton Peele https://amzn.to/3q5p7Va

00:52:35 Stanton's Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lpp-podcast/id1494188367

00:53:03 Stanton's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSYridYK8h1uXu0Gx0Kl2Og