Exploring drug addiction through story and science | Adam Sud

The Proof with Simon Hill

Simon Hill

Nutrition, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Episode #264. Every day for more than 20 years, Adam Sud woke up to a life that didn’t feel like a safe, secure, or hopeful place to be. Struggling with mental health from an early age and relying on addiction as the only dependable “solution”, he spent years facing each day as the most painful one he’d ever had. More than a decade on from the turning point in his journey towards recovery, Adam shares his story and some defining realisations that helped shaped the life he is now excited to experience. Everyone has something to learn from Adam’s story. Regardless of whether you have personally struggled with addiction and mental health, Adam’s profound understanding of behaviour and mindset will resonate with you, and potentially even shift the way you look at your life. Specifically, we discuss: Intro (00:00) Adam Sud on recovery (04:15) Why expressing love can be difficult (08:55) Substance use disorder (Drug addiction) (14:37) Adam's story (16:46) Nurturing a child with ADHD (24:42) Becoming hooked on Adderall (32:41) Understanding our choices for pleasure (36:09) Addiction and the fear of judgment (41:00) Adam's suicide attempt & his treatment and recovery (46:00) Plant-based diet and the pleasure trap (1:02:21) Psychological factors behind unhealthy choices (1:09:25) Remarkable recovery through nutrition (1:18:29) Self-worth, loneliness, and recovery (1:25:40) A call for a safer and compassionate approach to drug use (1:31:56) The INFINITE study (1:41:03) Adam on hitting rock bottom (1:46:24) Outro (1:53:46) To connect with Adam Sud, you can find him on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Don’t forget to visit his website, https://www.adamsud.com/, to learn more about Adam and read about The Infinite Study. Listen to Adam’s past appearances on The Proof in Episode #66 and Episode #144. Please note that this episode covers disordered eating and suicide. If these topics are potential triggers for you, please listen with discretion or tune in to the next episode. You can find more episodes about mental health that focus less on personal experience here. Enjoy, friends. Simon Want to support the show? The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons) Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill Author of The Proof is in the Plants Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Nourish your gut with my Plant-Based Ferments Guide Download my complimentary Two-Week Meal Plan and high-protein Plant Performance recipe book

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0:00.0	Quick one. My team tells me we actually have very few reviews relative to the weekly audience
0:07.4	numbers. This is no doubt my fault, as I've always felt a little weird about asking you
0:12.2	to do something for me. But clearly, if you don't ask, you don't get. So if you're enjoying
0:17.6	the show, if it's providing you value, please take 30 seconds and leave a review on Apple
0:22.6	or Spotify. In doing so, you'll help the show rank higher, which means we can continue
0:27.5	to attract the brightest and most trustworthy people in science. My team and I have big
0:32.3	plans for the show where we want to be in 24 months and we need your help to make this
0:36.7	possible.
0:38.3	Rock bottom is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. It's a place where you
0:45.7	are presented front and center with how precious every moment of your life actually is. And
0:53.6	that if you're not willing to go in a different direction, it can be taken from you tomorrow.
0:58.2	There's an immediacy of it. And being pushed up against that line where you see, if I just
1:04.1	go one more step, I don't get any more of this. That is a place that if you get there and
1:09.7	I hope you don't, but if you do, your life will never be the same.
1:14.4	Welcome back to another episode of The Proof. I'm Simon Hill, your show host. And today's
1:19.5	guest is Adam Sard. This is Adam's second time on the show. And I have to say he didn't
1:26.1	disappoint. Adam shares with us his journey with addiction and substance abuse and the importance
1:32.0	of emotional health and self-love in our pursuit of happiness and longevity.
1:38.6	Before we get into this episode, a quick trigger warning. In this conversation, we discuss
1:43.9	both disordered eating and suicide. So if you're sensitive to either of those topics, this
1:50.2	might not be the best episode for you. And a reminder to please subscribe on YouTube,
1:55.3	Apple, Spotify, or whatever platform you're tuning in from. Your support is greatly appreciated
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