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All Episodes

Talking Addiction & Recovery — 162 episodes

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Episode 163: Off the Mat and Into Recovery: How Yoga Supports Sobriety (featuring Brian Hyman)

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Episode 162: When You Love Someone in Recovery (featuring Caroline Beidler)

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Episode 161: Beyond the Crime: Healing, Education & Criminal Justice Reform (featuring Ranae Van Roekel)

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Episode 160: He Never Let Go: Growing Up with Mental Health, Surviving Chaos, and Finding Freedom Through Faith (featuring Pamela Waggoner)

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Episode 159: From Tragedy to Prevention — How Victoria's Voice Foundation Carries Hope for Families and Loved Ones (featuring Leah Shepherd)

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Episode 158: Regulation, Responsibility, and Reality: Inside Gambling Policy (featuring Suzanne Trainor)

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Episode 157: The Broke Girl Society: Reframing Women’s Gambling Recovery (featuring Christina Cook)

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Episode 156: Psychedelic Ceremony & Addiction Recovery (featuring Paije and Fletcher from ETEREO)

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Episode 155: From Tabling to Transformation: Rethinking Gambling Outreach (featuring Megan Poliquin)

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Episode 154: Why Psychoeducation Still Matters in Addiction Treatment (featuring Tom Karl of R1)

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Episode 153: Everybody Loses? The Rise of American Sports Gambling & What It Means for Public Health (featuring Danny Funt)

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Episode 152: Traumedy and Grime through Addiction, Caregiving, and Never Being Too Late (featuring Dr. Nicki Monti)

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Episode 151: Wife, Mother, Drunk: Motherhood, Alcohol, and Finding Self-Acceptance (featuring Emily Redondo)

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Episode 150: Bridging Counseling & Spiritual Care: Inside Hope for the Heart’s Biblical Counseling Model (featuring Haley Scully)

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Episode 149: You Matter (featuring Dean Sikes)

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Episode 148: Transforming Methadone Treatment Through Technology & People (featuring Sam Wilson of Opio Connect)

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Episode 147: Parallel Recovery: Empowering Families in Addiction Healing (featuring Lisa Katona Smith)

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Episode 146: How Sports Are Changing: Fan Behavior, Streaming, and the Rise of Sports Betting (featuring Neil Schwartz)

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Episode 145: Healing Trauma Through Our Relationship with Food (featuring Sandy Zeldes)

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Episode 144: The Concierge of Recovery (featuring Jeanne Foot)

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Episode 143: Understanding Addiction Psychiatry and Ketamine Therapy (featuring Dr. Mark Hrymoc)

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Episode 142: Lottery Insights & Responsible Play: A Conversation About the Gift Responsibly Campaign (featuring Amanda Quintana)

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Episode 141: A Sit Down with Modern Meeting (featuring Adam Lyons)

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Episode 140: Can We Find Christmas (featuring Donna VanLiere)?

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Episode 139: Talking About Tomorrow (featuring Kepler Knott)

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Episode 138: Gift Responsibly & Too Young to Bet: Raising Awareness About Youth Gambling (featuring Julia Brunson)

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Episode 137: Helping Us to Untwist in a Knotted World (featuring Elena Huggins)

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Episode 136: Discovering the Intuition of Home (featuring Jason Shiers)

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Episode 135: Rewire & Rise: Resilience by Breaking the Circuit (featuring Dr. Samantha Harte)

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1-800-522-4700 and 800-GAM

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Episode 134: Gospel from the Gutter (featuring Mike Smith)

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Episode 133: How to Put the Shovel Down (featuring Amber Hollingsworth)

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Episode 132: Cycling Towards Sobriety (featuring Sherry Hoppen)

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Episode 131: When Overdoses Stop Shocking Us: The Hidden Costs of Becoming Desensitized

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Episode 130: America’s Reckless Bet Explained (featuring Jonathan D. Cohen)

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Episode 129: Castles on the Ranch: Finding Redemption in Searching for the Elephant (featuring David Alford and Joseph Stam)

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Episode 128: Drawing Your Own Path: Embracing Sacred Originality (featuring Ross Ellenhorn)

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Episode 127: Recovery Road Trip: Navigating Healing One Destination at a Time (featuring Patti Clark)

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Episode 126: Embracing Restoration: Finding Joy Amidst Life's Challenges (featuring Cindy Brinker Simmons)

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Episode 125: From Darkness to Light: A Father's Redemption Journey (featuring Paul Summers, Jr.)

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Episode 124: PGAM 2025: Seeking Understanding in Problem Gambling

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Episode 123: Addressing the Uproar Towards Harm Reduction Vending Machines with Evidence-Based Insights

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Episode 122: Policing Patients: The Hidden Costs of Surveillance in Health (featuring Dr. Elizabeth Chiarello)

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Episode 120: From Fantasy to Reality: Journey Through Modern Gambling and Recovery (featuring Saul Malek)

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Episode 119: Gift Responsibly: Protecting Youth and Promoting Safe Gambling Practices

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Episode 118: Community Advocacy on the Frontlines (featuring Sarah Laurel of Savage Sisters)

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Episode 113: On a Mission to Raise Problem Gambling Awareness (featuring Dave Yeager)

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Episode 115: A Night FOR Recovery (featuring Chris Dreisbach)

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Episode 114: Filling the Harm Reduction Gap (featuring Sheila P. Vakharia)

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Episode 112: Working in a System of Trauma (featuring Dr. Michael Barnes)

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Episode 111: Exploring Sober Curiosity (featuring Amy Fox)

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Episode 110: Elevator to International Overdose Awareness Day

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Episode 109: Where Are We With Codependency (featuring Sarah Michaud)?

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Episode 108: Discovery of Recovery (featuring Ann Real)

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Episode 107: Setting the Foundation (featuring Marsha Stone)

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Episode 106: PGAM2023 & Beyond

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Episode 105: A Journey About Psychedelics (featuring Mark Rizkallah)

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Episode 104: Improving Group Experience (featuring Andrew Bordt)

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Episode 103: Philosophy & Transformation

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Episode 102: With Change, Comes Loss

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Episode 101: One Hundred Episodes and an Intro & Outro Aren’t Ones

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Episode 100: The Power of Movement (featuring Michelle Hillier)

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Episode 99: The Most Unlikely Leader (featuring Roger Smith)

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Episode 98: How Much Alcohol Can a Woodchuck Gamble if a Woodchuck Could Chuck Drugs?

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Episode 97: Pride of Narcan

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Episode 96: Doses of Mental Health

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Episode 95: Discovering the Lost Shadow Child (featuring Ashley Nowakowski)

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Episode 94: When is Gambling a Problem, But Not Problem Gambling?

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Episode 93: Rags to Riches (featuring Dr. Robb Kelly)

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Episode 92: The Therapeutic Path of Humor (featuring Tom Farley)

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Episode 91: Should Parents Be Alarmed About Sports Betting (featuring Andrew Broman)

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Episode 90: Building Trust

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Episode 89: Flag on the Bet (Super Bowl Edition)

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Episode 88: Basements & Beaches: The “Unofficial” Gold Standard of Treatment

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Episode 87: How Dry is Your January?

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Episode 86: Does a New Year Mean a New Me?

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Episode 85: Drug Use & The Developing Brain

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Episode 84: What is Responsible Gambling (featuring Casino Guru)?

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Episode 83: A Brew Without Compromise (featuring Athletic Brewing Company)

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Trailer

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Episode 82: Thankful for Dirty Dishes

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Episode 81: DISTRACTIONS

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Episode 80: I’m Better When I’m…

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Episode 79: The Perfect Addiction (featuring Vitale Buford)

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Episode 78: Lessons from Horror Movies

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Episode 77: Your Best Got You Here

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Episode 76: A Guide to the Addicted Child (featuring Richard Capriola)

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Episode 75: How’s Your Drinking During the Pandemic?

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Episode 74: Recovery Month 2021

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Episode 73: Roasting Recovery (featuring Wagon Coffee)

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Episode 72: Running to Recovery (featuring Catra Corbett)

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Episode 71: Wounds & Healing from Betrayal (featuring Dr. Debi Silber)

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Episode 70: Designing a Meaningful Life (featuring Kylie Butler)

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Episode 69: Does Using Make You an Expert?

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Episode 68: Starting from Scratch or Experience?

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Episode 67: Sobriety is FUN (featuring Chelsie Cahoon)

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Episode 66: Having a Waffle (featuring Taylor James)

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Episode 65: Life AFTER Treatment

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Episode 64: Hollywood Tales of Sex & Love Addiction (featuring Brianne Davis)

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Episode 63: Making Recovery the TOP Priority

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Episode 62: Resentments are Relationship Killers

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Episode 61: Addressing Stigmas Towards Mental Health & Counseling

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Episode 60: Ice Water Please (featuring Eddie Arana)

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Episode 59: Now Hiring: Recovery Resume (featuring James W. Schreier)

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Episode 58: Pets, Vets & Mental Health

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Episode 57: Relapse is Knocking

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Episode 56: The Art in Therapy (featuring Jenna Sherry)

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Episode 55: Thoughts on CBD

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Episode 54: Understanding Guilt & Shame (featuring Dr. Daniel Green)

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Episode 53: Some Can and Some Can’t. Some Do and Some Don’t.

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Episode 52: Ambitious in Recovery (featuring Terra Carbert)

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Episode 51: What is (California) Sober?

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Episode 50: No Book, No Podcast

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Episode 49: Let’s Talk About Gambling

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Episode 48: Sharing Our Story to Helping Others (featuring Your Choice to Live, Inc.)

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Episode 47: Robinhood, Reddit and GameStop – Is the Stock Market Gambling?

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Episode 46: Living Porn Free (featuring Timothy Reigle)

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Episode 45: Missing Piece in the Puzzle

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Episode 44: The Problems with Rock Bottom

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Episode 43: The Cage is Open (featuring Kevin MacNevin Clark)

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Episode 42: Two Wolves and a Snake

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Episode 41: Shining Light on Mental Health

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Episode 40: Caffeine Craze

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Episode 39: What is Dry January?

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Episode 38: Cancel Your Reservations

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Episode 37: New Year, New Goals, Same Results?

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Episode 36: Tropicana Apologizes for “Alcohol is the Answer Campaign”: An Article Autopsy

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Episode 35: Holidays in a Winter Recoveryland

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Episode 34: Alcoholism in a Drinking Culture

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Episode 33: Hearing Our Thoughts

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Episode 32: Being Grateful and Showing Gratitude

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Episode 31: Kicking the Can: Holding Off Until the Dam Breaks

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Episode 30: Halloween Special: Is Addiction the Bogeyman?

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Episode 29: That is NOT Normal

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Episode 28: Pandemic Drives Hike in Opioid Deaths: An Article Autopsy

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Episode 27: Avoiding Consequences and Paying Costs

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Episode 26: Suicide & Substance Use

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Episode 25: What’s in Your Drugs?

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Episode 24: Mountain of Mentors

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Episode 23: Case of the F*** Its

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Episode 22: BE SMART, not strong

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Episode 21: Leaders and Drug Addiction

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Episode 20: The Practice of Being Kind

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Episode 19: Does Surrender Mean Giving Up?

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Episode 18: Food: What Impact Does Nutrition Potentially Have on Recovery from Addiction?

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Episode 17: Silence: When Staying Neutral Becomes Dangerous

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Episode 16: Waiting to Get Help

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Episode 15: Importance of Scheduling

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Episode 14: Self-Care: The Necessary Oxygen Mask

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Episode 13: Coping While Urge Surfing

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Episode 12: Q & A Part 1

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Episode 11: You Don’t Drink? Please (Don’t) Explain

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Episode 10: What is Wrong with Saving Someone from an Overdose?

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Episode 9: Talking Points to Life Moments

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Episode 8: Cognitive Intervention Series (Part 2) – Paying Attention to Your Thinking

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Episode 7: Cognitive Intervention Series (Part 1) – Introduction

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Episode 6: Unmanageable or Unable to Manage Without?

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Episode 5: How Does It Work?

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Episode 4: Asking for Help

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Episode 3: Testing Yourself

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Episode 2: Rewarding

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Episode 1: Talking Addiction & Recovery – Introduction