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