Reconstructing After Addiction with Dr. Nicole Labor (Part 1)

Dr. Nicole Labor returns to Out Of The Blue The Podcast to talk about what “reconstruction” really means after addiction and why recovery is about building a life that can hold happiness, connection, and purpose.Dr. Labor breaks down addiction neuroscience in plain language, including her unforgettable dopamine baseball field analogy that explains tolerance, anhedonia, and why “normal” pleasures stop working. From there, we zoom out to what drives substance use disorder in the first place: pain, trauma, and the fact that every brain interprets experience differently. We also dig into harm reduction, naloxone access, and the tough truth about stigma: sometimes the loudest judgment comes from people who quit easily and assume everyone else can too.Stay tuned for Part Two.For more on Dr. Nicole Labor:Laborhood Change Project, Inc.Out Of The Blue:Support the showOut Of The Blue:Exclusive content: outoftheblue-thepodcast.org/blog