Why Is Abstinence Still Being Used To Treat Addiction? with Dr. Adi Jaffe

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

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Society & Culture, Comedy, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Adi Jaffe is a specialist in mental health, addiction, and shame who has spoken at multiple TEDx events and has a doctorate in psychology from UCLA. He joins Jonathan to discuss addiction and alternative treatments, the negative consequences of shame, and how abstinence-based treatment is not the only method to recovery. Find Dr Adi Jaffe’s work on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @dradijaffe. Read more about Dr. Jaffe's book The Abstinence Myth at www.theabstinencemyth.com. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Getting Curious.
0:02.7	This is Jonathan Vines and every week I sit down for a 30 minute conversation.
0:05.9	Let's be honest a lot of times it runs over.
0:07.4	I can't stop talking.
0:08.4	I don't have boundaries and it's an issue.
0:10.8	This week I was very curious about why abstinence is still being used to treat addiction.
0:14.8	So I'm talking with co-founder and executive director of Alternatives Behavioral Health,
0:18.6	UCLA psychologist and addictions expert Dr. Adi Jaffe.
0:27.8	Welcome to Getting Curious.
0:28.8	This is Jonathan Vines and this week I'm very excited to welcome Dr. Adi Jaffe.
0:33.4	I said it right right.
0:34.4	You did.
0:35.4	You said it perfectly.
0:36.4	What is that?
0:37.4	What is...
0:38.4	Israeli.
0:38.4	Love.
0:39.4	Yeah, I'm from Israel originally.
0:40.4	Adi is like such a multicultural.
0:42.4	She is and you know it's funny.
0:44.5	So it actually means Jewel in Old Biblical Hebrew and then my last name means Pretty.
0:51.3	Jewel Pretty.
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