206: The Sober Economy: Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Help People in Recovery with Dr. Harold Jonas
The Addicted Mind Podcast
Duane Osterlind, LMFT
4.8 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Addiction recovery is a long process that’s why we need long-term solutions to help people move into a recovery state. We need a community and we need all the resources around us to maintain a sober world. But what do blockchain and cryptocurrency have to do with addiction and recovery?
On today's episode, Duane speaks with Dr. Harold Jonas, a licensed mental health counselor and the founder and CEO of the Soberverse. They discuss how his projects including Sobercoin and the Sober Systems mobile app help with addiction recovery, as well as the concept of contingency management as an effective tool for harm reduction
Harold also talks about his own addiction and recovery journey and how he's continuing to move forward in self-care and help people dealing with addiction and mental disorders by leveraging technology in healthcare.
Since 1999, Harold has been at the center of Sober Network, Inc. and each of its related digital properties. His unparalleled experience with both web and award-winning app development for the addiction and recovery industry. Along with his team, Harold continues to be at the forefront of innovative technology for the addiction and recovery industry.
In this episode, you will hear:
- How the internet leveled the playing field for every treatment center
- Coaching and accountability in recovery to reduce relapse
- How Sobercoin works
- The definition of blockchain and cryptocurrency
- The benefits of using blockchain
- What contingency management looks like
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Supporting Resources:
Soberverse
Sober Network, Inc.
Sober Systems
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Addicted Mind podcast. My name is Dwayne Austerlund, and I'm your host, and we've got a great guest today, Harold Jonas. Now, Harold, since 1999, has been at the center of Sober Network, Inc. and each of its related digital properties |
| 0:23.3 | as a founder and CEO, his unparalleled experience with both web and award-winning app development |
| 0:29.8 | for the addiction and recovery industry has allowed him to build a nationally recognized brand. |
| 0:36.0 | Joined by his seasoned team of dedicated |
| 0:38.7 | professionals who are committed to affecting positive change, Sober Network Inc. continues to be |
| 0:44.0 | at the forefront of innovative technology for the addiction and recovery industry. I was excited to |
| 0:50.1 | have Harold on because we are going to talk about blockchain and cryptocurrency. And many |
| 0:58.1 | people might ask, what does that have to do with addiction and recovery? But we're going to talk |
| 1:04.0 | about contingency management as an effective tool for harm reduction. And particularly, |
| 1:10.6 | we're going to talk about his project, Sobercoin, and how the Sober |
| 1:15.7 | Coin and the Sober Systems mobile app can help with the problem of addiction recovery. |
| 1:21.6 | So I was super excited to talk with him about it. |
| 1:26.7 | And I'm always into new and innovative ways to help people recover |
| 1:32.1 | from addiction and trauma and turn their life around and thrive and this is one tool I think |
| 1:39.9 | that could be really helpful and I'm very into blockchain technology and very excited about it. |
| 1:46.8 | So it was great to get Harold on the podcast to talk about this project. And I hope you |
| 1:54.6 | enjoy it and get a lot out of it as well. So stay tuned for that. All right, before we start, |
| 2:00.2 | I just want to thank everybody who has written a review in iTunes. |
| 2:04.7 | That really does help the podcast get a lot of exposure. |
| 2:08.0 | And it means a lot to me to read how the Addicted Mind podcast have been so helpful to so many people out there. |
| 2:15.9 | Sometimes, you know, as I'm here behind the microphone, I don't see that impact. |
| 2:20.0 | So reading the reviews allows me to see that, that this is appreciated and that people are getting a lot out of it. |
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