The kind of conversation The Pakistan Experience was created for, Osama Zaman comes on to discuss how we get the conversation around Drugs wrong, how addiction needs to be understood, and how society needs to treat addicts.

On this deep dive podcast, Osama Zaman goes into the details of his journey with Heroin addiction, how we got addicted, withdrawal, rehab, relapse and recovery.

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The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications.

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

2:00 Conversation around Drugs

8:00 Addiction and treatment of Addicts

15:00 Meth

22:00 My journey with Drug Addiction

42:00 Rehab, Withdrawal and Relapse

1:07:30 OD, Rock Bottom and Recovery

1:18:20 Therapy and Trauma

1:24:40 Listening, helping and Identity

1:36:00 Politics and Wokeism