After the Shift: Addiction in Doctors

Discover personal stories and frameworks from doctors who have faced addiction, exploring how they’ve navigated recovery while debunking myths and emphasizing connection. This episode offers practical advice, models of understanding addiction, and highlights the importance of vulnerability and support.Main Topics:* Personal journeys of addiction among medical professionals* Role of compartmentalising, tolerating distress, workaholism, perfectionism and stigma and the impact on finding help* Models of addiction: physical allergy, obsession, spiritual malady; biopsychosocial* The role of connection in recovery* Common misconceptions about addiction and hidden struggles* Crisis and burnout as precipitants for recovery* Practical steps for seeking help and building supportive networks* Guest insights on self-awareness and ongoing recovery as a journeyResources & Links:* Services for Healthcare Workers with Addiction & Mental Health struggles* Addicted Australia - SBS Documentary Series* The Unbroken Brain by Maia Szalavitz* In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit caduceusunwound.substack.com