TMHS 859: Free Yourself From Addictions FOREVER – with Dr. Adi Jaffe
The Model Health Show
Shawn Stevenson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2025
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Addictive behaviors have become increasingly common in our society, with folks engaging in everything from harmful drug and alcohol addictions to problematic relationships with habits like social media and shopping. But what exactly is addiction, and how do we get down to the root cause to actually help people live healthier, more fulfilled lives? That’s what you’re going to learn on today’s show.
On this episode of The Model Health Show, I’m sitting down with Dr. Adi Jaffe, who is a nationally recognized expert on mental health and addiction. He’s here to share his own experience with overcoming addiction, as well as incredible insights from his new book, Unhooked. You’re going to learn about reframing and redefining recovery in a more personalized, empowering way.
This interview is a deep dive into topics like the prevalence of addiction, the connection between addiction and trauma, the truth about coping mechanisms, and so much more. If you or anyone you love has ever struggled with addiction, I hope this conversation can serve as an enlightening gateway to stronger relationships, empowerment, and true health!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How many people are truly affected by addiction and its consequences.
- The story of how Dr. Jaffe overcame addiction and got into his profession.
- Why our perspective plays an important role in our approach.
- The truth about the link between genetics and addiction.
- Why addiction begins as a coping strategy.
- What we need to understand about the role of codependency in addiction.
- The critical role of environment for recovery.
- What the EAT cycle is.
- The importance of reframing failure.
- Why you cannot blame others for your hardships.
- How a gratitude practice can transform your life.
- What hooks are and why pulling them out is your responsibility.
- Why changing your perspective is one of the biggest changes you can make.
- How to rank and prioritize your relationships.
- Why tough decisions often accompany recovery.
- What it means to establish a personal advisory board.
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson. |
| 0:04.8 | For more, visit themodelhealthshow.com. |
| 0:11.5 | Today we're going to be addressing one of the most prevalent and most devastating issues in our world today. |
| 0:16.6 | Here in the United States, overdose deaths are three and a half times higher than any other wealthy country. |
| 0:24.1 | In fact, substance-related deaths have emerged as a leading cause of death for people under 40. |
| 0:30.4 | But, and here's the key, this is why this is so important. |
| 0:33.5 | It's not just the lives that we've lost through death. |
| 0:36.5 | It's the millions upon millions of lives |
| 0:39.0 | that we lose while people are still living. It's the families that are devastated. It's the lives |
| 0:45.0 | that are ultimately destroyed. And we cannot sit idly by and allow this to continue because |
| 0:52.6 | as you're going to find out today, these numbers are staggering |
| 0:56.6 | and it changes our perspective on yes, impacting the lives of people who are currently experiencing |
| 1:03.4 | addiction and we're really going to open up the can of worms and take a look at all of the different |
| 1:09.5 | things and sometimes very unsuspecting |
| 1:12.1 | things that people are becoming addicted to today but we're going to understand that this is |
| 1:17.7 | touching us literally every person alive today is being impacted by this whether it's directly or |
| 1:24.8 | indirectly and so giving this issue a voice |
| 1:28.5 | and also digging in on why the situation is the way that it is |
| 1:32.7 | and to talk about real solutions, |
| 1:35.7 | real science-backed solutions, |
| 1:38.6 | because the science has changed as science does. |
| 1:42.8 | And our special guests, his prestigious university education, he'll share with you today, what he was taught in school is very different from the prevailing narrative and paradigm of treatment today. |
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