146.Healing Our Collective Addictions with Russell Brand

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Very few of us are free from some form of addiction — alcohol, sugar, sleeping pills, sex, Instagram, co-dependent relationships, the list goes on. Russell points out that all our addictions stem from a common problem: spiritual disconnection. But when we admit we have a problem, believe in real change, accept help from others, and hand over our will and control to a higher power, we can begin to find freedom from our addictions. Furthermore, can the 12-step recovery model be applied to the addictions of our society? Can we collectively recognize a problem, commit to change, undertake a thorough inventory, recognize patterns, and create a culture of service? Today we examine 12-steps from the personal to the communal. Visit onecommune.com/join to watch Russell's online course on Recovery and try Commune Membership free for 14 days. Connect with us on Instagram at @onecommune and @jeffkrasno.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jeff Krasno and welcome to Commune, a global wellness community and online
0:13.8	course platform featuring some of the world's greatest teachers.
0:17.3	We are on a mission to inspire, heal, pass down wisdom, and bring the world closer together.
0:24.8	This is the Commune podcast, where each week we explore the ideas and practices that help us live this healthy,
0:30.4	connected, and purpose-filled life. Okay, so today on the show, we're combining a couple of
0:36.5	conversations that I've had with the brilliant actor and comedian come spiritualist, Russell Brand.
0:42.9	Now, you may know him principally from the silver screen. Russell has starred in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the remake of Arthur, and many hilarious comedy specials.
0:52.7	I know Russell from his work in recovery.
0:55.8	In 2017, he penned the book Recovery, Freedom from Our Addictions.
1:00.8	And last year, I was fortunate enough to collaborate with Russell on numerous recovery retreats,
1:06.9	a live, hilarious, if mildly profane, stage show interpreting the 12-step, and an online program here on Commune.
1:15.8	Russell really opened my eyes to the staggering global scale of our addiction problem.
1:22.0	An estimated 300 million people throughout the world have an alcohol or drug use disorder. Every year worldwide,
1:30.1	alcohol is the cause of one death out of every 20. Indeed, society and culture gives us every
1:37.6	opportunity to be addicted, particularly to alcohol. I got married, let's party. I got divorced. Let's drink
1:44.0	our troubles away. I got that big new job. Meet you at the bar. I got married. Let's party. I got divorced. Let's drink our troubles away. I got that
1:45.5	big new job. Meet you at the bar. I got fired. Pour me a whiskey. My candidate won. Let's drink.
1:52.0	My candidate lost. Let's drink. In 2017, doctors dished out a whopping 200 million opioid prescriptions. Is it any wonder that 2.1 million
2:04.2	Americans are addicted to fentanyl, oxycontin, and the like? Our addictions, however, don't end
2:10.5	with alcohol, opioids, heroin, and crack. There are dozens of more insidious ways that we form
2:16.9	unhealthy attachments. According to a recent
2:19.6	study, researchers estimate that 6% of the world's population is addicted to the internet. That's
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