Elevation Recovery

Matt Finch interviews Hunter ("Mamoon"), founder of 14 Step, about his severe addiction to using Xanax Gummies and other benzos and how he recovered. Mamoon became addicted soon after beginning Xanax gummies and says they helped him to breathe when normally it was hard to breathe due to so much anxiety. After multiple run-ins with the police and court system, Mamoon's parents sent him to Wilderness Therapy which wasn't the end of his Benzo use but the beginning of the end.

Here are the main topics discussed in this episode:

• Hunter (Mamoon) grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina
• In high school his town had huge amounts of Xanax gummies and other benzos
• Mamoon starts partnering with friends to go on Dark Web and buy Xanax Gummies with Bitcoin
• Mamoon becomes a daily Xanax user and his tolerance and dependence skyrockets
• Getting busted with a backpack full of Xanax Gummies and Pot Brownies
• Put on probabation and not able to get in trouble for 12 months to avoid felony
• Pulled over by police with a backpack full of Xanax Gummies right before college started
• Gets sent to Wilderness Therapy in Southern Utah in the Winter as an alternative to incarceration
• After Wilderness Therapy returns to using Benzos in a Relapse
• Eventually recovers from and then transcends addiction completely
• Starts 14 Step and creates 14Step.com

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Matt Finch interviews Courtney Andersen about her journey of alcohol recovery and helping other women on their journeys, too. Courtney is a Sober Coach, podcast host and YOUR personal sober cheerleader. She's the Founder of National Sober Day (9/14), and the Founder of Sober Vibes, an online support community for recovery and sober-curious women of all ages.   Courtney Andersen describes the best day of her life as August 18th, 2012. "That is the day I finally stopped the madness of addiction and started to do some real LIVIN!" Courtney is a cheerleader for women looking to change their relationship with alcohol, supporting them to thrive, not just survive, without it. As the Founder of National Sober Day, Host of the Sober Vibes podcast, a sober coach, and author, Courtney has helped thousands of people find more freedom, going alcohol-free.

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Using Dr. Gant's book End Your Addiction Now, Matt Finch discusses the highly important yet almost always overlooked second element of Phase 2 of recovery - Detoxification.

There are 2 factors in Detox. 

One detoxes the substance out of their body of course, but general detoxification done simultaneously can greatly increase your health and relapse prevention phase of life. General detoxification is reducing the toxic load in the liver, chelation, phase 2 heavy metal detoxification, lowering oxidative stress and inflammation, and more.

Here are the main topics discussed in Episode #322:

• What is toxic load?
• The 3 main causes of high toxic load
  1. High exposure to toxins
  2. Breakdown of the body's barriers against toxins
  3. The inability of the liver to adequately process toxins
• Nutritional supplements that will help you win the battle against toxins
  1. Lecithin
  2. Lactobacillus Acidophilus
  3. Bifidus
  4. Vitamin E
  5. Vitamin C
  6. MSM
  7. Alpha Lipoic Acid
  8. Glutathione
  9. Glycine
• How long to use the supplements for
• What about using this protocol while I'm still using substances?

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Matt Finch discusses the multidimensional dynamics of why divisive politics has addicted so many people in recent years.

Overview of the main topics discussed:

• What is divisive politics?
• Why are divisive politics so addicting?
• What are the negative consequences of participating in it?
• How to untether yourself from 'doomscrolling'
• How to develop a healthier relationship to politics
• How to systemitize it
• 30-Day Reset of no politics or social media
• and much more

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Matt Finch shares the life and teachings of Miyamoto Musashi, one of history's most legendary warriors. Miyamoto Musashi is well known for his book The Book of Five Rings, in which he discusses the art of samurai swordsmanship.

But what many people don't know is that Miyamoto Musashi also spent a great deal of time writing about life and living. While listening to this episode, you'll learn about Miyamoto Musashi's 21 life principles, which are known as Dokkōdō ("The Path Of Aloneness" or "The Way Of Aloneness").

If you're looking for advice on how to live a successful and fulfilling life, then you'll want to check out this episode! The philosophy from The Dokkōdō reminds me a bit of a combination between Buddhism, Taoism, Stoicism, and Minimalism.

Resource and transcript used for this video: https://alyjuma.com/dokkodo-the-path-of-aloneness/

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Matt Finch opens up about his experience using the 'Accelerated Wellness Protocol' from Jeff Primack during the early days of his post-addiction life.

In this episode, you'll learn how the Accelerated Wellness Protocol works and will hear Matt's testimonial of the results he got as well as some of the other pros and cons. 

Using a blend of therapies like diet, tonic herbalism, nutrigenomics, qigong healing form, qigong strength training, yoga stretching, sunlight, laughter, love, and more, this protocol is designed to make you the healthiest and happiest you've been in life.

And as Matt found out through experimentation with his own self, the Accelerated Wellness Protocol can be used to prevent relapse to alcohol and/or drugs and further outgrow and transcend addiction (while super-optimizing your mind, body, spirit, relationships, intimate life, and more).

Recommended resources you might find useful:

• Conquering ANY Disease by Jeff Primack
• Total Alcohol Recovery Program
• Ultimate Opioid Recovery Program
• SomaDerm
• Neura-Vie

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In this episode, you'll hear a lecture given by Chris Scott for the Alliance for Addiction Solutions back in 2021, on Fit Recovery and the story behind it, how Chris transcended alcohol use disorder, supplements and diet tips, and much more.

In this training, you'll learn about how Chris Scott became addicted to alcohol, how he couldn't stop drinking, what happened for him to finally, quit, how he remained alcohol-free and built Fit Recovery, and there is even an epic Q & A section at the end that you'll find very informative.

Overview of the main topics in this episode:

• Chris Scott's story of alcohol addiction and recovery
• The biochemical aspect of alcohol addiction and recovery
• Mainstream rehabs and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
• Big Pharma, Big Rehab, Dogmatic approaches
• Importance of diet and supplementation for alcohol detox and recovery
• Fitness and brain repair after quitting drinking
• Psychological strategies
• Mindset
• The Hierarchy of Recovery Model
• Biochemical Optimization
• Reframing
• Personal Development
• Reading and educating oneself on alcohol addiction and recovery therapeutics
• Q & A

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This is a powerful meditation that helps to reprogram your subconscious mind and keep your brain's reticular activating system (RAS) focused on the goal of overcoming addiction. The RAS works like a heat-seeking missile. By keeping your RAS focused on the target of recovering from addiction, you'll have a much better chance of achieving your goal.

The best time to listen to this guided meditation for addiction recovery would be right after you wake up or just as you're going to sleep. Right after we wake and just before sleep, we pass through theta brain waves. Delta waves are the sleeping brain waves. As we wake we pass from delta to theta, alpha, then beta. When we go to bed it's the opposite. Theta waves are the subconscious reprogramming waves. Your analytical and judging mind is turned off in theta, allowing the messages in this meditation to sink deep into your subconscious without blocking them.

To get the best benefits from this meditation, you may like to listen once or twice per day during these times, although you can totally benefit from listening any time of day, as the guided meditation helps you to relax into theta waves using progressive muscle relaxation during the first few minutes. The Guided Meditation for Transcending Addiction is also more powerful when using earbuds or headphones. Noise-canceling headphones are typically best as they allow you to block out the rest of the sounds of life around you, making it easier for you to sink deep into theta waves while listening to the guided imagery, affirmations, and subconscious-software-program-hacking for overcoming addiction safely and powerfully.

Matt Finch shares research and personal testimony into the use of grounding (aka "earthing") for physical and mental health optimization.

In this episode, you'll learn about grounding therapy and why it works, the benefits you can expect, how Vitamin G (Grounding) is a missing link to health and a major reason that rates of inflammation are so high these days.   

Overview of the main topics in this episode:

• Grounding therapy definitions and synonyms
• How grounding therapy works
• Benefits of grounding therapy
• Research into grounding therapy
• How to use grounding therapy
• Why grounding therapy is so important
• Why Matt Finch loves stacking Vitamin G with Vitamin S (Sunshine)
  • Plus stacking Vitamin GS with mindfulness, breathing exercises, and incantations
• and more
• Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever!

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Recommended resources you might find useful:

• Total Alcohol Recovery Program
• Ultimate Opioid Recovery Program
• SomaDerm
• Neura-Vie

Matt Finch shares POWERFUL lessons on Reframing Alcohol... including myriad other helpful tips and insights and resources stemming from a recent, creative epiphany he received on a barefoot sunshine nature walk ("DAP on Tap!"). You'll learn the "Dap on Tap" Alcohol Reframe Technique (ART) that Matt created as well as simple steps to get benefits from it or how to create and practice your own ART.

After a week of no podcast in celebration of Independence Day, this short but potent podcast episode is sure to give you a big bang for the time invested in listening.

Overview of the main topics in this episode:

• Welcome and thank you!
• What is DAP?
• What is "DAP on Tap?"
• What is a Reframe?
• How to Practice the Alcohol Reframe Technique (ART)
• How to Create and Practice Your Own Customized ART
• How to Learn More ARTs
• How to Learn more about Reframing in General
• and more!

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