Elevation Recovery

Warning: Very explicit content in this particular episode. Matt Finch discusses addiction news from the past few months, including the New York Times article about Hollywood has a new way to dramatize addiction, Demi Lovato's addiction, relapse, and overdose, ibogaine news, cannabis addiction medication-assisted treatment, and much more.

Matt Finch interviews Amy Guerrero on childhood trauma and how it reshapes the brain in negative ways that can lead to higher addiction probability and more, the trauma-informed recovery approach and why it resonates with so many people, and how to heal from trauma, heal from addiction, heal from escapism and stress, heal from a chronically stressed CNS, and much more.

Chris Scott interviews Katie Lain on how she stopped drinking and recovered from alcoholism by using The Sinclair Method (TSM) after she watched Claudia Christian's TEDx Talk on it (despite it seeming "too good to be true"). Katie shares what her alcohol addiction was like, why it got so bad, the physical cravings for alcohol... the unhealthy living... and how TSM saved her by shutting down her desire for consuming alcohol. 

Matt Finch discusses 4 of his favorite superfoods for addiction recovery and how these can work to support physical and mental health, including gelatinized organic maca root powder, DHA/EPA fats, and organic cocoa drinks or bars with 80% or higher cacao. He goes deep into the features and benefits of these superfoods and how to use them as well as who should avoid them.

For people with chronic pain, this is a total must-listen episode. Matt Finch interviews Daniel G. Lyman, LCSW on the new research into chronic pain and how some can predict who will develop chronic pain. There is a growing body of research that suggests chronic pain is not caused by structural injury, but by the brain and nervous system. This new research into the causes of chronic pain and how people are healing using cognitive and emotional therapies (versus physical interventions) is groundbreaking.

Matt Finch interviews John Clint Mabry on his story of addiction to alcohol and drugs, trauma, mental health issues, pain and loss, working in Hollywood as an actor, stuntman, and consultant, getting fired by finance guru Dave Ramsey for popping pills and drinking vodka out of a water bottle on the job, finding recovery, relapse, and recovery again... this time filling in missing links such as Celebrate Recovery, a Keto Diet, Fitness, Customized Supplement Protocol, and more.

Matt Finch interviews Diane L. Haworth, the founder of the Be Love Principles and a Heart-Centered Success Coach, author, speaker, and host on the Awake TV Network. If you could use more clarity, confidence, peace, joy, and connection in your own life, this is an episode that you will not want to miss. Learn how to navigate addiction, recovery, and life in general with the help of divine intelligence, the Be Love Principles, and other psychosocial and spiritual therapies.

Chris Scott and Matt Finch continue their discussion from Episode 194 in this sequel. They go deep into concepts they love from Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Buddhist psychology like Surrendering, Acceptance, Life on Life's Terms, Live and Let Live, Breathe, Serenity, Spirituality, Attachment vs Non-attachment, and much more. 

Chris Scott and Matt Finch discuss the mental model of framing early recovery as a war. While there are effective therapeutic treatments for tapering, acute withdrawal, and even post-acute withdrawal, one of the best resources for quitting and staying quit is to frame addiction and early recovery as a battle or war between your superego and ID (the parent and inner child).

"Life is way better without alcohol!" Chris Scott and Matt Finch compare what their old lives were like when they were battling alcoholism. This is Part 3 of 3 and thus the final installment of the "Life is way better without alcohol" saga. If you need motivation, education, inspiration, empowerment, and guidance to quit drinking and rebuild your health, this episode will be more than worth the time it takes to listen.