Is This A Problem?

Imani State of Mind

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Hobbies, Education, Leisure, Self-improvement

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Substance abuse is on the rise as we’ve been in quarantine. This week, Imani talks with addiction psychiatrist and host of the ‘In Recovery’ podcast, Dr. Nzinga Harrison about what addiction is, why recovery can be so difficult, and what you should look out for if you’re worried about your own behavior.

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0:00.0	A few months ago, I was really stressed. I've never been a big drinker or was the type that got drunk regularly at all.
0:09.6	At first, I would have a glass of red wine after dinner. It felt like it was a treat, you know, like I deserved it because my husband was out of town, working on this business venture, and all the work at home fell on me,
0:21.8	which is taking my son to school every morning, cooking every night, maintaining a workout
0:26.9	schedule to help with my depression and anxiety, and just the day-to-day of working with patients.
0:33.1	Some nights I'd get home so late I wouldn't have a drink. And then I noticed that I felt like I needed a drink.
0:40.1	If I didn't have it, I felt this craving for it.
0:43.7	There was a day when I realized I didn't have anything to drink at home.
0:48.4	I felt very anxious, almost to the point of panic.
0:52.3	It scared me.
0:53.9	I realized I needed to stop because it stopped being a treat
0:57.7	and more of a habit. I began to become afraid of this becoming an addiction.
1:05.3	Taking care of our minds is just as important as taking care of our bodies.
1:12.1	But how do you even start that journey?
1:13.9	Think of Imani state of mind as your beacon of sanity on your path to getting your mind right.
1:18.3	We're in this together, y'all.
1:19.5	Let's get into an Imani state of mind.
1:23.9	Thanks for tuning into Imani state of mind.
1:26.7	Today we are talking about addiction. There's a lot of stigma surrounding addiction, but it's also a pretty common disorder. Like I said at the top of the show, I felt it. And especially now that we're living through two crises of COVID and police brutality, substance abuse in particular is on the rise. Cam, I know you
1:46.7	have some numbers for me. I do. According to Nilsson market research, sales on alcoholic beverages went
1:53.6	up by 55% in March. So I know this is right because a lot of states started shelter-in-place
1:59.9	policies right around that time.
2:02.2	Yep. And according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, found that overdoses from January to April this year are up 16% compared to the same time last year, probably due to COVID.
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