RE 138: The Science of Addiction
Recovery Elevator
Paul
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🗓️ 9 October 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Paul summarizes an article from National Geographic "The Science of Addiction." Nearly 1 in 20 adults worldwide are addicted to alcohol. 21 million Americans have a drug or alcohol addiction. Making the disorder more common than cancer. Addiction is a pathological form of learning.
Carey, with 40 days year since her last drink, shares her story
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[8:52] Paul Introduces Carey. I am 30 years old; I'm an RN from Rochester New York. I used to say I liked to do a whole lot of things, but I put a lot of it on the back burner when I was drinking.
[14:45] Paul- Did you have a rock bottom moment? What caused you to make this decision to get into sobriety?
Carey- I feel like there are so many situations in which I should have chosen that time. 40 days ago was the time I decided to make the decision for myself. I hated when people told me I should quit drinking.
[19:39] Paul- Before 40 days ago, was that your first time tried to quit drinking?
Carey- Back in the day when I first started noticing issues, I was trying to narrow it down. I went through the whole cycle. After the wedding I had quit drinking for 10 weeks. If I got into nursing school, I was going to celebrate with wine. A few months after starting nursing school I got a DWI.
[35:28] Paul- You were sick and tired of being sick and tired. You used the word excited. How has that shift in mindset?
Carey- I was excited at the fact that I didn't have to worry anymore. I didn't have to go out to dinner and worry if my second order of beer would be frowned upon. I am excited about meeting other sober people.
[42:39] Rapid Fire Round
- What was your worst memory from drinking? Let me count the ways. One of the worst ones was when I got home from a concert, and drove to my friend's house because I thought I left my phone in his car.
- Did you ever have an "oh-shit" moment? I would say my DWI. I also hate to admit that my dog was with me at the time. That scared me for sure.
- What's your plan moving forward? Right now I want to keep learning and getting out of my comfort zone. I love Café RE, which has been amazing. I want to explore the steps.
- What's your favorite resource in recovery? The Recovery Elevator Podcast. I am going to be sober today, and plan on being sober tomorrow.
- What's the best advice you've ever received (on sobriety)? Tell somebody else. Do research, look into sobriety and come up with a game plan. You are not alone.
- You might be an alcoholic if you don't like being called an alcoholic.
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| 0:00.0 | Recovery elevator, episode 138. |
| 0:03.0 | And to find other people that are in the same boat as you, because you're not alone, |
| 0:08.0 | like there's always at least one other person in this world that has gone through or feels the way you do. So just don't do it alone. Do it, but don't do it alone. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to the Recovery Elevator Podcast. My name is Paul Churchill. Thank you so much for joining us. |
| 0:27.0 | According to the Recovery Elevator, a sobriety tracker on my phone, I have been sober for three years and 18 days. On today's podcast we've got |
| 0:35.0 | Carrie. She's from Rochester, New York and has been sober for 40 days at the time |
| 0:39.2 | of the recording. And before we get started with our topic today, I want to mention that Cafe Ari Blue, which is the second of the two private accountability groups, will be capped at 200 members. |
| 0:50.0 | Right now, we're in the 160s, 170s range, so if you want to get in this awesome recovery group, |
| 0:56.1 | be sure to sign up now. It'll be capped at 200, and then there'll be a waiting list for probably |
| 1:00.8 | two months to get into the next group. |
| 1:02.8 | So the spaces are filling up fast, don't wait, |
| 1:05.2 | use the promo code elevator to waive the setup fee. |
| 1:08.6 | Okay, let's get started. |
| 1:10.8 | I got the idea for today's podcast episode from the magazine National Geographic, otherwise known as Nat Geo. |
| 1:17.0 | Otherwise known as the magazine you put on the coffee table when you have parties to say, hey I'm cultured this is from the September 2017 |
| 1:25.9 | National Geographic magazine title the Science of Addiction it explains how new |
| 1:30.4 | discoveries about the brain can help us kick the habit. |
| 1:33.0 | I'm going to start off by reading a couple cool facts that I read in the article. |
| 1:37.0 | Nearly one out of every 20 adults worldwide is addicted alcohol. |
| 1:41.0 | And I think in the last podcast or the podcast episode before I mentioned that one in |
| 1:45.2 | eight Americans is addicted to alcohol. It's a staggering figure. Another interesting |
| 1:50.1 | thing in mentions is it concluded that 21 million Americans have a drug or alcohol |
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