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The Bitchuation RoomThe Drug War Gets Even Dumber with Maia Szalavitz and Jessica Sele (Ep 271)Trump’s tariffs are causing a recession all while claiming to be going after Fentanyl? Francesca welcomes author Maia Szalavitz to talk about our country’s ham-fisting approach to drug policy, and what RFK Jr. could do to make it all worse. Then, Canada is BIG MAD about the trade war as the back and forth continues between Trump and Ontario’s Doug Ford. And finally, a sleepless Elon Musk is barely hanging on and dragging us all down with him. Aw, cheer up billionaire!FeaturingMaia Szalavitz, neuroscience journalist https://maiasz.com/2025-03-121h 38
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug AddictionDopey 514: CAN OZEMPIC SAVE JUNKIES with Maia Szalavitz and LA Update with Bob Forrest, heroin, Coke, Jerry Garcia, RecoveryThis week on Dopey!!!!! Maia Szalavitz AND Bob Forrest are back on all sorts of stuff! Can ozempic save junkies??? And Bob updates us on what is really happening in Los Angeles! PLUS a voicemail from Australia and a few emails and much more on a brand new Dopey show! What AI thinks: Episode SummaryIn this thought-provoking episode, we’re joined by the brilliant journalist and addiction expert Maia Szalavitz to tackle a fascinating question: Could medications like Ozempic play a role in helping addicts recover? 💉 Plu...2025-01-162h 37
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug AddictionDopey 514: CAN OZEMPIC SAVE JUNKIES with Maia Szalavitz and LA Update with Bob Forrest, heroin, Coke, Jerry Garcia, RecoveryThis week on Dopey!!!!! Maia Szalavitz AND Bob Forrest are back on all sorts of stuff! Can ozempic save junkies??? And Bob updates us on what is really happening in Los Angeles! PLUS a voicemail from Australia and a few emails and much more on a brand new Dopey show! What AI thinks: Episode SummaryIn this thought-provoking episode, we’re joined by the brilliant journalist and addiction expert Maia Szalavitz to tackle a fascinating question: Could medications like Ozempic play a role in helping addicts recover? 💉 Plus, Bob Forrest checks in from LA to share his signature mix of wisdom, wild sto...2025-01-162h 38
The Alcohol ReThink Podcast with Patrick Fox171. A New Way of Understanding Addiction with Maia SzalavitzIn this episode of the Alcohol Rethink Podcast, host Patrick Fox has a deep and enlightening conversation about addiction and how we approach it with Maia Szalavitz, a New York Times best-selling author and renowned neuroscience journalist.
They explore the complexities of addiction, discussing its definition, the distinction between compulsion and physical dependence, and the role of developmental experiences in addiction susceptibility.
Maia Szalavitz emphasises that addiction is more about compulsive behaviour than pleasure, and highlights the importance of understanding the brain's mechanisms of wanting and liking.
The conversation also touches on the...2024-10-2554 min
she persisted196. EXPOSING the Troubled Teen Industry: How it Scams Parents & Harms Teens feat. Maia Szalavitz#196 Today's guest is Maia Szalavitz— an award-winning author and journalist. She first advocated against the Troubled Teen Industry in her 2006 book, Help at Any Cost, and has since written several New York Times articles and appeared in the 2024 Netflix documentary, The Program, to discuss this dangerous industry further. In this episode, we discuss:+ The history of the troubled-teen industry & what it looks like today+ What proper mental health care for teenagers should look like + Why teens with substance abuse or behavioral issues can't succeed in troubled teen programs+ My personal troubled-teen in...2024-07-2254 min
Food Junkies PodcastEpisode 185: Maia SzalavitzMaia Szalavitz is an acclaimed journalist and author renowned for her expertise in neuroscience and addiction. With a career spanning over three decades, she has become one of the most prominent voices in the field, advocating for evidence-based approaches to addiction treatment and policy. Szalavitz's career as a journalist began in the late 1980s. Her work has appeared in numerous prestigious publications, including The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, and Scientific American. She has reported extensively on topics ranging from addiction and mental health to neuroscience and public health. Maia Szalavitz is...2024-07-121h 01
Avoiding the Addiction Affliction"Undoing Drugs" with Maia SzalavitzNew York Times best selling author Maia Szalavitz talks about her most recent book, “Undoing Drugs: How Harm Reduction Is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addiction” and the future of drug treatment and policy. Maia’s previous New York Times bestseller, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction wove together neuroscience and social science with her personal experience of heroin addiction. It won the 2018 media award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and has written for numerous other publications, including TIME, Wired, Elle, the Nation...2024-03-2032 min
Un-Addiction with Nzinga Harrison, MDEpisode 10: Maia Szalavitz, Undoing DrugsMaia Szalavitz, New York Times best-selling author of "Unbroken Brain" and "Undoing Drugs," joins Dr. Harrison to help us unlearn tough love, rock bottoms, and autism stereotypes. Deeply passionate about rectifying the inequality in drug policy and harm reduction, Maia gives us a tour of her recovery journey. If you're curious about how to navigate autism, prescribed medication, and sobriety, don't miss this episode. Check out Maia's books: https://maiasz.com/books/ Find Maia on Twitter (X): @maiasz Read Maia's New York Times essay from 1/22/24, "After My Heroin Addiction, Would Pain Medicine Set...2024-01-2346 min
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug AddictionDopey 446: Maia Szalavitz is the World’s Greatest Addict Champion!(and she sold Jerry Garcia Cocaine!) PLUS Chem Sex! Dank Bud! Harm Reduction! Kratom! Xylazine! Portugal!Recovery!This Week on Dopey! In a super deluxe, extra large and comprehensive Dopey New Years Episode we cover a lot of ground! Starting with NY TIMES contributor, author and world renowned Harm Reductionist Maia Szalavitz makes a state of the Dopey Nation address on the status of all things drugs addiction and some dumb shit. Including safe injection sites, Kratom, legal weed and much much more. Then Artist and friend of the show John Bukaty talks kicking sugar and other dumb shit AND Jake from West Virginia finally calls in after listening to the show for years and years...2023-12-303h 01
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug AddictionDopey 446: Maia Szalavitz is the World’s Greatest Addict Champion!(and she sold Jerry Garcia Cocaine!) PLUS Chem Sex! Dank Bud! Harm ReductiThis Week on Dopey! In a super deluxe, extra large and comprehensive Dopey New Years Episode we cover a lot of ground! Starting with NY TIMES contributor, author and world renowned Harm Reductionist Maia Szalavitz makes a state of the Dopey Nation address on the status of all things drugs addiction and some dumb shit. Including safe injection sites, Kratom, legal weed and much much more. Then Artist and friend of the show John Bukaty talks kicking sugar and other dumb shit AND Jake from West Virginia finally calls in after listening to the show for years and years and...2023-12-303h 02
Pulling The Thread with Elise LoehnenOn Reducing Harm & Saving Lives (Maia Szalavitz): ADDICTION“I think it's really important for, you know, people to realize that you can totally be an absolutely excellent parent of a traumatized child and the trauma had nothing to do with you and you couldn't possibly have prevented it. So I think, you know, assuming that there is trauma in somebody's addiction history, which is not always the case, but if there is, you should not immediately assume that it was bad parenting because sure, that could be the case sometimes, but again, there's so many different ways that people can be traumatized by so many different people. And...2023-12-1859 min
Recovery Stories Have PowerEpisode 2: Maia Szalavitz, Author of Undoing DrugsHost(s): Chelsey Cusimano Guest(s): Maia Szalavitz, Author of Undoing Drugs Description: Welcome to Recovery Stories Have Power, a Faces & Voices of Recovery podcast, my name is Chelsey Cusimano. This season we’re focusing on Harm Reduction, and in episode 2 I had the chance to interview New York Times bestselling author Maia Szalavitz. Her book Unbroken Brain won the 2018 media award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Most recently, she published Undoing Drugs: How Harm Reduction is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addiction, which was the main topic of our conversation this...2023-09-1451 min
Me & Dr. JoeEpisode 225 - Undoing Drugs with Maia Szalavitz
We're honored to be joined by author Maia Szalavitz to hear some of the history of harm reduction, and why we should view addiction as an issue in development rather than a moral failing.
Get your copy of Undoing Drugs: How Harm Reduction Is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addiction!
2023-08-0350 min
What Could Go Right?Demon Drugs and Moral Panics with Maia SzalavitzIs drug use always harmful? How does empathy play a role in addiction? Could it be more beneficial to approach drug use as a public health issue rather than a criminal one? In this episode, we speak with Maia Szalavitz, an award-winning journalist and author, about the potential benefits of harm reduction for addiction treatment and addressing larger societal issues. Plus, we take a look at smart guns and serial killers.What Could Go Right? is produced by The Progress Network and The Podglomerate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...2023-05-1052 min
Proactive Mindfulness aka Active PauseMaia Szalavitz: An inspiring perspective on addictionMaia Szalavitz blends personal experience and years of investigative research into an inspiring perspective on addiction. Conversation with Serge Prengel about her perspective on addiction.2023-05-0122 min
The Bitchuation RoomFentanyl and Feinstein with Jenny Zirgrino & Maia Szalavitzv (Ep178)Will we ever ditch the war on drugs? Author Maia Szalavitz joins to talk harm reduction, the fentanyl crisis, responsible regulation, and why Francesca's husband can't get his ADHD meds. Plus comedian Jenny Zirgrino on the Pentagon leaks and the right's latest hero, and why the right isn't going to let Dianne Feinstein be temporarily replaced on the Senate Judiciary Committee unless she resigns. And it's tax day! And you probably paid more than most billionaires. Let's discuss just how much of our tax money is spent on war and how much is spent on what truly keeps us safe...2023-04-191h 45
The Bitchuation RoomFentanyl and Feinstein with Jenny Zirgrino & Maia Szalavitzv (Ep178)Will we ever ditch the war on drugs? Author Maia Szalavitz joins to talk harm reduction, the fentanyl crisis, responsible regulation, and why Francesca's husband can't get his ADHD meds. Plus comedian Jenny Zirgrino on the Pentagon leaks and the right's latest hero, and why the right isn't going to let Dianne Feinstein be temporarily replaced on the Senate Judiciary Committee unless she resigns. And it's tax day! And you probably paid more than most billionaires. Let's discuss just how much of our tax money is spent on war and how much is spent on what truly keeps us...2023-04-191h 45
The Behavioral CornerReligion and Rehab. What’s God got to do with it? | Maia SzalavitzIn this episode of Behavioral Corner, Steve Martorano interviews Maia Szalavitz, an opinion writer at The New York Times who covers addiction and public policy. The discussion revolves around using the 12 steps in addiction treatment, its Christian roots, and the First Amendment issues surrounding it. -------------------------------The Behavioral Corner is produced in partnership with Retreat Behavioral Health -- where healing happens.2023-03-2826 min
Health, Habits, and Epic Living | Helping Women Lose Weight and Create Healthy Habits[DLL] 115: Why Harm Reduction is the Way Forward with Maia SzalavitzThis week, you’re hearing from an incredibly special guest. Maia Szalavitz is an amazing writer and a much-needed refreshing voice in the fields of addiction and harm reduction, and the way she combines neuroscience and social science with her own experience of addiction gives her the most valuable insights. Most of society believes that the only way to treat addiction is with restriction, abstinence, and force, leaving drinkers powerless. But Maia is here to share why that isn't true, and why truly understanding addiction and substance abuse disorder from a harm-reduction standpoint is the fir...2022-12-0752 min
Health, Habits, and Epic Living | Helping Women Lose Weight and Create Healthy Habits[DLL] 115: Why Harm Reduction is the Way Forward with Maia SzalavitzThis week, you’re hearing from an incredibly special guest. Maia Szalavitz is an amazing writer and a much-needed refreshing voice in the fields of addiction and harm reduction, and the way she combines neuroscience and social science with her own experience of addiction gives her the most valuable insights. Most of society believes that the only way to treat addiction is with restriction, abstinence, and force, leaving drinkers powerless. But Maia is here to share why that isn't true, and why truly understanding addiction and substance abuse disorder from a harm-reduction standpoint is the first step our society can tak...2022-12-0752 min
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug AddictionDopey 384: The Incredible Maia Szalavitz; From Dealing Cocaine to Jerry Garcia and JFK Jr. to being a NY Times writer and the world’s foremoThis week on Dopey! In a brand new super high quality episode of Dopey we are joined by 'Undoing Drugs' author and New York Times reporter, Maia Szalavitz! Maia is a world foremost authority on addiction and harm reduction but she is also a recovering drug addict and ex drug dealer. Listen to her epic tale from pure insanity to profound insight! Also check out her incredible book; Undoing Drugs. PLUS Erin Khar is back! Voicemails! Emails and much more on this unforgettable new classic episode of that good old dopey show. MORE ON DOPEY: Dopey Podcast is the world’s...2022-11-122h 02
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug AddictionDopey 384: The Incredible Maia Szalavitz; From Dealing Cocaine to Jerry Garcia and JFK Jr. to being a NY Times writer and the world’s foremost expert on Harm Reduction.This week on Dopey! In a brand new super high quality episode of Dopey we are joined by 'Undoing Drugs' author and New York Times reporter, Maia Szalavitz! Maia is a world foremost authority on addiction and harm reduction but she is also a recovering drug addict and ex drug dealer. Listen to her epic tale from pure insanity to profound insight! Also check out her incredible book; Undoing Drugs.
PLUS Erin Khar is back! Voicemails! Emails and much more on this unforgettable new classic episode of that good old dopey show.
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Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug AddictionDopey 379: DopeyCon 2022, Shaving your A$$hole for Heroin Money with Brandon Novak PLUS Andy Roy, Maia Szalavitz, Marc MaronThis week on Dopey! Finally we got back to an in person DopeyCon! Featuring Chloe LaBranche, Erin Khar, Ray Brown, Brandon Novak, Andy Roy, Smiling Joe, Maia Szalavitz, Annie, Joe Schrank, MC Serch, Linda, my dad and tons of Dopey Nation fun!!!! NOTE: Nick from Dark Side of the Spoon and Brian from Str8 Pepper Diet were at the event - and killed it - but since they had visual presentations they were not included in the audio version of the show. More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and...2022-10-082h 41
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug AddictionDopey 379: DopeyCon 2022, Shaving your A$$hole for Heroin Money with Brandon Novak PLUS Andy Roy, Maia Szalavitz, Marc MaronThis week on Dopey! Finally we got back to an in person DopeyCon! Featuring Chloe LaBranche, Erin Khar, Ray Brown, Brandon Novak, Andy Roy, Smiling Joe, Maia Szalavitz, Annie, Joe Schrank, MC Serch, Linda, my dad and tons of Dopey Nation fun!!!!
NOTE: Nick from Dark Side of the Spoon and Brian from Str8 Pepper Diet were at the event - and killed it - but since they had visual presentations they were not included in the audio version of the show.
More on Dopey:
Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on d...2022-10-082h 41
Recovery Machine PodcastMaia Szalavitz - Attics of My LifeMaia Szalavitz is a New York Times best selling author and award-winning journalist. Her books, Unbroken Brain and Undoing Drugs are considered by many, to be unrivaled compositions on the interplay between neuroscience, addiction, drug policy, and harm reduction. She’s written five other books as well. Help At Any Cost, Born For Love, Lost Boy, The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog, and Recovery Options: The Complete Guide. She is a contributing op/ed writer for the New York Times along with Time, Scientific American, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Oprah Magazine to name a few. 2022-07-061h 01
For Your Listening PleasureMaia Szalavitz - Understanding Addiction and The Future of Harm ReductionMaia Szalavitz is a neuroscience journalist obsessed with addiction, love, evidence-based living, empathy, and everything related to the brain and behavior. She's the author or co-author of eight books, including Her New York Times bestseller, "Unbroken Brain," where she uses her own story of recovery from heroin and cocaine addiction to explore how reframing addiction as a developmental disorder could revolutionize prevention treatment and policy. Two other of her bestselling books include "The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog" and "Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential— and Endangered," both co-written with a leading child psychiatrist and t...2022-05-1258 min
Mad Waters - A Parents' Odyssey Through the Mental Health System4 - The Undertow - Interview with Maia SzalavitzHow can parents ever justify sending their child away in the name of getting help? That was the question we asked for years until we found ourselves pulled into that same position. Residential Treatment Centers, as they are called, are a last resort for parents but for thousands of children and adolescents who’ve experienced them, they can be places of abuse, neglect or worse. Why should help, ever mean saying ‘good-bye?’
Maia Szalavitz is a N.Y. Times bestselling author whose book, Help at Any Cost exposed the frightening and tragic world of residential treatment. She has wr...2022-05-1049 min
New Books In Public HealthMaia Szalavitz, "Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction" (Hachette, 2021)Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction (Hachette Go, 2021) tells a long-running, but largely unknown, story of how a few people and groups – propelled at first by the AIDS pandemic -- swam against one of the most powerful policy tides in America – our nation’s 50-year war on drugs. Maia Szalavitz’s book is a personal and political history of the idea of harm reduction, which is a philosophy, a set of health practices, and a call to action. Harm reduction is a powerful alternative to virtually all of the “conventional wisdom” about drugs and drug...2022-04-1551 min
New Books in LawMaia Szalavitz, "Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction" (Hachette, 2021)Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction (Hachette Go, 2021) tells a long-running, but largely unknown, story of how a few people and groups – propelled at first by the AIDS pandemic -- swam against one of the most powerful policy tides in America – our nation’s 50-year war on drugs. Maia Szalavitz’s book is a personal and political history of the idea of harm reduction, which is a philosophy, a set of health practices, and a call to action. Harm reduction is a powerful alternative to virtually all of the “conventional wisdom” about drugs and drug polic...2022-04-1551 min
New Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryMaia Szalavitz, "Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction" (Hachette, 2021)Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction (Hachette Go, 2021) tells a long-running, but largely unknown, story of how a few people and groups – propelled at first by the AIDS pandemic -- swam against one of the most powerful policy tides in America – our nation’s 50-year war on drugs. Maia Szalavitz’s book is a personal and political history of the idea of harm reduction, which is a philosophy, a set of health practices, and a call to action. Harm reduction is a powerful alternative to virtually all of the “conventional wisdom” about drugs and drug...2022-04-1551 min
New Books in Public PolicyMaia Szalavitz, "Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction" (Hachette, 2021)Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction (Hachette Go, 2021) tells a long-running, but largely unknown, story of how a few people and groups – propelled at first by the AIDS pandemic -- swam against one of the most powerful policy tides in America – our nation’s 50-year war on drugs. Maia Szalavitz’s book is a personal and political history of the idea of harm reduction, which is a philosophy, a set of health practices, and a call to action. Harm reduction is a powerful alternative to virtually all of the “conventional wisdom” about drugs and drug polic...2022-04-1551 min
New Books in MedicineMaia Szalavitz, "Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction" (Hachette, 2021)Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction (Hachette Go, 2021) tells a long-running, but largely unknown, story of how a few people and groups – propelled at first by the AIDS pandemic -- swam against one of the most powerful policy tides in America – our nation’s 50-year war on drugs. Maia Szalavitz’s book is a personal and political history of the idea of harm reduction, which is a philosophy, a set of health practices, and a call to action. Harm reduction is a powerful alternative to virtually all of the “conventional wisdom” about drugs and drug...2022-04-1551 min
Tapping Into The Human - A Podcast On Addiction, Recovery and Mental HealthEpisode 23 - Undoing Drugs - Harm Reduction & More with Maia SzalavitzJoin Alex as she dives into a conversation with Maia Szalavitz on harm reduction, some truths and myths about addiction, and what we can do to combat disinformation.2022-04-0743 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanMaia Szalavitz On Drugs And Harm ReductionMaia is the author of Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction, and her latest book, Undoing Drugs, which we cover in this episode. Much of her reporting and research on harm reduction is informed by her own history of drug addiction, including heroin, which we discuss in detail. She makes a strong case.You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player embedded above, or right below it you can click “Listen in podcast app,” which will connect you to the Dishcast feed. For two clips of our convo — on how much t...2022-03-111h 09
No Thanks But YesS1/E11: Maia Szalavitz - Expanding the Definition of RecoveryMaia Szalavitz has written or co-written around eight books, including the seminal work 'Unbroken Brain'. Her latest release, 'Undoing Drugs', is the first history of the harm reduction movement. We talk about harm reduction & recovery, music & dancing, and lifting weights & cake! This is my longest episode so far, but I didn't want leave anything on the cutting room floor. Find out what Maia is up to next at Maiasz.com.
Recorded 12.06.2021 from Raleigh, NC & New York, NY on Zoom
Hosted & Produced by Donald McDonald
Theme music 'Truth?' by Zen Groove Arkest (that's me on trumpet!)
2021-12-2944 min
The Behavioral CornerUndoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction - Maia SzalzvitzJoin host Steve Martorano in this captivating episode of the Behavioral Corner as he delves into a crucial conversation with Maia Szalavitz, journalist and bestselling author of "Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction." They dissect the multifaceted nature of addiction, the controversial concept of harm reduction in drug policy, and its potential for positive change. Szalavitz critiques the War on Drugs and proposes that addiction is more of a learning disorder than a progressive brain disease. A more compassionate and practical approach can be taken through harm reduction by treating those grappling...2021-12-2837 min
PSYCHOACTIVEMaia Szalavitz on the Pioneers of Harm ReductionMaia Szalavitz is among the most brilliant thinkers and writers about psychoactive drug use, addiction, treatment, altered states of consciousness and neuroscience. Her book, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction, was widely acclaimed for its analysis of addiction as not a crime but a learning disorder. Her latest book, Undoing Drugs, gave us an opportunity to talk about the pioneers in the United States, England and elsewhere who challenged conventional thinking about drug users and addiction, started life-saving programs to prevent HIV transmission and overdose fatalities, and initiated a harm reduction movement that has shaped US an...2021-12-021h 05
The Beyond Addiction ShowHarm Reduction Therapy with Maia SzalavitzDr. Josh King welcomes you to another episode and a new season of The Beyond Addiction Show and this time he is exploring the Harm Reduction Movement launched as a different approach to HIV and AIDS and which ended up impacting the way of approaching substance use treatment in general. Today, Dr. King is accompanied by Maia Szalavitz, author of Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction, where she shows how Harm Reduction in the U.S. began with HIV treatment and evolved to include substance use disorders. 2021-11-171h 04
The Middle Way with Dr. Matthew GoodmanMaia Szalavitz - A Compassionate Approach to AddictionIn this episode, author Maia Szalavitz breaks down the helpful and not-so-helpful approaches to drug addiction. She discusses her own journey with addiction, the problems with "tough love," why shame and humiliation don't work, harm reduction, and how other countries have compassionately solved addiction. Plus, Maia and Matthew discuss "pandemic shaming" and the parallels between shaming addicts and “anti-maskers/vaxers” into changing their behavior (hint: shame doesn't work).Maia Szalavitz is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction, which is widely recognized as an important advance in thinking about the...2021-11-1730 min
The Middle Way with Dr. Matthew GoodmanMaia Szalavitz - A Compassionate Approach to AddictionIn this episode, author Maia Szalavitz breaks down the helpful and not-so-helpful approaches to drug addiction. She discusses her own journey with addiction, the problems with "tough love," why shame and humiliation don't work, harm reduction, and how other countries have compassionately solved addiction. Plus, Maia and Matthew discuss "pandemic shaming" and the parallels between shaming addicts and “anti-maskers/vaxers” into changing their behavior (hint: shame doesn't work).
Maia Szalavitz is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction, which is widely recognized as an important advance in thinking about the natu...2021-11-1730 min
Recovery in the Middle Ages - Two Middle-Aged Suburban Dads Talk About Recovering From Addiction to Drugs & Alcohol.Discussing ”Unbroken Brain” by Maia Szalavitz - Is Addiction a Learning Disorder? Find Out Now!RMA-Episode 61 Show Notes:
This week on RMA: Addiction. Is it a disease of the brain, or is it something better thought of as a maladaptive learned behavior? Unbroken Brain by Maia Szalavits offers a radical and groundbreaking new perspective, arguing that addictions are learning disorders and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention and policy. By illustrating what addiction is, and is not, the book illustrates how timing, history, family, peers, culture and chemicals come together to create both illness and recovery- and why there is no “add...2021-11-051h 27
Free ThoughtsUndoing Drugs (with Maia Szalavitz)Maia Szalavitz writes that drug overdoses now kill more Americans annually than guns, cars, or breast cancer. But the United States has tried to solve this national crisis with policies that only made matters worse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-10-1547 min
Drugs and Stuff: A Podcast from the Drug Policy AllianceEpisode 47: Maia Szalavitz Considers Harm Reduction’s Past and Future The harm reduction movement began as a reaction against drug war policies that criminalize, punish, and hurt people – and a need to save lives. As a public health approach that aims to reduce the harms related to drug use and minimize risk, it offers a fresh and compassionate alternative to the war on drugs. In her new book, New York Times bestselling author Maia Szalavitz chronicles the fascinating and impactful history of this movement. DPA's Sheila Vakharia sat down with Maia to talk about her research, her book's timeliness, and where the movement can go from here, including the decriminalizat...2021-09-2035 min
The One You FeedMaia Szalavitz on The Case For Harm ReductionMaia Szalavitz is an American reporter and New York Times best-selling author who has focused much of her work on the topic of addiction. She has won awards from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Drug Policy Alliance, the American Psychological Association and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology for her 30 years of groundbreaking writing on addiction, drug policy and neuroscience.In this episode, Maia and Eric discuss her book, Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction.But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continu...2021-09-1557 minThe One You FeedMaia Szalavitz on The Case For Harm ReductionMaia Szalavitz is an American reporter and New York Times best-selling author who has focused much of her work on the topic of addiction. She has won awards from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Drug Policy Alliance, the American Psychological Association and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology for her 30 years of groundbreaking writing on addiction, drug policy and neuroscience.In this episode, Maia and Eric discuss her book, Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction.But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continu...2021-09-1557 min
Flourishing After Addiction with Carl Erik FisherA Compassionate Alternative to the War on Drugs, with Maia SzalavitzRoughly 35 years ago, harm reduction saved Maia Szalavitz’s life. It was 1986 in the East Village, and though Maia was an Ivy League kid who read two newspapers a day, she had no idea that her regular intravenous heroin use put her at risk for HIV. Thanks to a chance encounter, though, Maia learned about some simple harm reduction practices that helped her stay alive through that deadly epidemic.In the years since, Maia has become an award-winning author and journalist well-known for covering addiction, neuroscience, and harm reduction. Her most recent book, Undoing Drugs, is a sw...2021-08-2659 min
Kratom Science58. New York Times Bestselling Author Maia Szalavitz on harm reduction, addiction, and her new book “Undoing Drugs”Maia Szalavitz is a journalist and New York Times bestselling author who has written about drugs, addiction, and neuroscience for 30 years. Today she talks with host Brian Gallagher about her new book, Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction, why drug policy has failed, how policy based on … 58. New York Times Bestselling Author Maia Szalavitz on harm reduction, addiction, and her new book “Undoing Drugs” Read More »2021-08-1954 minKratom Science Podcast58. New York Times Bestselling Author Maia Szalavitz on harm reduction, addiction, and her new book “Undoing Drugs”Maia Szalavitz is a journalist and New York Times bestselling author who has written about drugs, addiction, and neuroscience for 30 years. Today she talks with host Brian Gallagher about her new book, Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction, why drug policy has failed, how policy based on harm reduction has and can continue to save people. Also, her latest piece in Scientific American that calls on the FDA to discontinue its support for a kratom ban, citing potential harm to public health during a massive overdose crisis.
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The Social ExchangeBONUS | "Undoing Drugs" with Maia Szalavitz (author of "Unbroken Brain")Zach Rhoads speaks with Maia Szalavitz about her new book, "Undoing Drugs", which traces the history of Harm Reduction from the movement's genesis to the way it affects mainstream thoughts, beliefs, policies, and behavior.2021-08-1752 min
LPP PodcastUNDOING DRUGS: A History Of Harm Reduction With MAIA SZALAVITZZach Rhoads speaks with Maia Szalavitz about her new book, "Undoing Drugs", which traces the history of Harm Reduction from the movement's genesis to the way it affects mainstream thoughts, beliefs, policies, and behavior.
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Decarceration Nation (with Josh and Joel)112 Maia SzalavitzJoshua B. Hoe interviews Maia Szalavitz about her book "Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction" You can find full show notes on our website https://decarcerationnation.com/
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The Rewired SoulUndoing Drugs Through Harm Reduction with Maia SzalavitzEpisode NotesThe addiction epidemic isn't slowing down, but can harm reduction help? How do we reduce the stigma around drug use and harm reduction, and what policy changes need to happen? And why is it so important people understand WHY people turn to drugs and how mental illness affects drug use? In this episode, we speak to Maia Szalavitz about her brand new book Undoing Drugs, and we discuss these topics and much more. Follow Maia on Twitter @maiaszVisit Maiasz.comGet a copy of Undoing DrugsGet...2021-07-281h 01
The Rewired SoulUndoing Drugs Through Harm Reduction with Maia SzalavitzEpisode Notes
The addiction epidemic isn't slowing down, but can harm reduction help? How do we reduce the stigma around drug use and harm reduction, and what policy changes need to happen? And why is it so important people understand WHY people turn to drugs and how mental illness affects drug use? In this episode, we speak to Maia Szalavitz about her brand new book Undoing Drugs, and we discuss these topics and much more.
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Get a copy of Undoing Drugs
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Let Free Audiobook Transport You to New WorldsUndoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction Audiobook by Maia SzalavitzListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 456803
Title: Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction
Author: Maia Szalavitz
Narrator: Samantha Desz
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14:03:56
Language: English
Release date: 07-27-21
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases, Social Science, Naturopathy & New Age
Summary:
From “one of the bravest, smartest writers about addiction anywhere” (Johann Hari, New York Times bestselling author)—the untold story of harm reduction, a surprisingly simple idea with enormous power
Drug overdoses now kill more Americans annually than guns, cars or breast cancer...2021-07-282h 03
Download Incredible Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceUndoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction by Maia SzalavitzPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction Author: Maia Szalavitz Narrator: Samantha Desz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 27, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: From “one of the bravest, smartest writers about addiction anywhere” (Johann Hari, New York Times bestselling author)—the untold story of harm reduction, a surprisingly simple idea with enormous power Drug overdoses now kill more Americans annually than guns, cars or breast cancer. But we hav...2021-07-2703 min
The Dr. Junkie Show#64: Undoing Drugs (Maia Szalavitz)Addiction specialist and best-selling author Maia Szalavitz joins me to talk about her new book, Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction.Maia has been researching, writing about, and working within the harm reduction community for more than twenty years, and her latest book is just one of many required reads for anyone who is beginning to realize they have been lied to about drugs and those who use them. Maia and I discuss different frameworks of recovery, definitions of harm reduction, and ways of embracing our identities (as a...2021-07-2750 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Disorders & DiseasesUndoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction by Maia SzalavitzPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456803to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction
Author: Maia Szalavitz
Narrator: Samantha Desz
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 14 hours 3 minutes
Release date: July 27, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Disorders & Diseases
Publisher's Summary:
From “one of the bravest, smartest writers about addiction anywhere” (Johann Hari, New York Times bestselling author)—the untold story of harm reduction, a surprisingly simple idea with enormous power Drug overdoses now kill more Americans annually than guns, cars or breast cancer. But we have t...2021-07-272h 03
Narcotica PodcastEpisode 61: Undoing Drugs—Harm Reduction’s Early History with Maia SzalavitzWe’re truly living through a disaster. Drug overdose deaths rose nearly 30 percent in 2020 to a record high 93,000. This is no longer an “opioid” crisis. What I mean is, 2020 overdose deaths linked to stimulants, especially methamphetamine, also broke records. The other key development here is the further entrenchment of illicit fentanyl in the drug supply, it’s a contamination at mass-scale. At this point, we’re in a poisoning crisis driven by one thing: prohibition.
But harm reduction is the movement that continues to push back against draconian drug policy, even when the odds seem against us. Longterm l...2021-07-271h 06
The Social ExchangeBONUS EPISODE | Maia Szalavitz -- Addiction and Harm ReducionThis episode originally aired as an episode of the "LPP PODCAST" which you can find here: https://open.spotify.com/show/66wpvu8aMI8NWYgZvBr5uz Today's guest is Maia Szalavitz, who co-wrote (With Bruce Perry) "The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog" and the NYT best-seller, "Unbroken Brain" Her forthcoming book is, "Undoing Drugs" - - - - - - - - - - Check out previous episodes of the LPP Podcast at the Life Process Program web site https://LifeProcessProgram.com 2021-06-2253 min
LPP PodcastReflections on Maia Szalavitz, Problems With The Disease Model, Casual Drug UseDr. Peele and Zach consider Zach’s interview with Maia Szalavitz. Does Maia believe in the disease theory? What would happen if she took heroin again? Would she "Richard Harris" it (drinking Guinness as a 70ish grandpa)?
Do chronic brain disease advocates understand why families resist their depredations? Are they guilty of manslaughter?
Zach says he’s okay with heroin — unlike the opioided friend of a New York Times opinion writer who, convinced he could never escape his life disease sentence, explained opioid addiction to the Times writer to spread among readers before expiring from it. Thi...2021-04-1848 min
LPP PodcastGUEST Maia Szalavitz: Addiction, Harm Reduction, Methadone MaintenanceMaia Szalavitz joins Zach Rhoads a discussion about addiction and harm reduction, including her forthcoming book, "Undoing Drugs".
Maia and Zach agree on a definition of addiction but re-open their epic argument about "values" ;)
They also discuss Dr. Carl Hart's book, "Drug Use For Grown Ups" -- Maia disagrees with Hart on a fundamental point about Harm Reduction.
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The Dr. Junkie Show#37: Rethinking Addiction (Maia Szalavitz)Most of what we know about addiction is wrong. It isn't chemical hooks or a weak mind. Our survival depends on our ability to do the things that eventually lead to addiction when they get out of control. We become sensitized to things we find exciting or dangerous – things that we need to notice right away to avoid injury – and we become tolerant to things we find comforting and safe – things that we want to do again. It isn't just drugs. It's relationships, jobs, religious organizations, chores, foods, sleep patterns., partnerships: in a word, life.Addiction is a Learn...2021-01-2952 min
Drug PositiveDPP #22: Are You Addicted? Maia Szalavitz and the Unbroken BrainIn this episode I interview Maia Szalavitz, author of Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction. In these pandemic times, problematic drug use is on the rise. Alcohol sales are skyrocketing, and more than ever we need to understand the root causes of addiction and how to help those who are suffering.2020-05-151h 30The Beyond Addiction ShowWhat is Harm Reduction with Maia SzalavitzYou may have heard about Harm Reduction therapy. But do you really know what it is? Journalist and Author Maia Szalavitz joins us today to talk about Harm Reduction and how it can be implemented in communities.2020-01-2354 min
Challenging PathosTAP 48 Maia Szalavitz' 10 StepsMarc Burrows and Michael Crouch dissect an article on Filtermag.org written by accomplished author, Maia Szalavitz on solving the addiction crisis. Music by Blake Robertsonhttps://filtermag.org/transforming-addiction-treatment-my-10-steps-to-deep-systemic-change/www.challengesinc.org2019-09-231h 34
The One You FeedMaia Szalavitz on Addiction - Re-ReleaseMaia Szalavitz is an American reporter and author who has focused much of her work on the topic of addiction. She is the co-author of Born for Love and The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, both with Dr. Bruce D. Perry. Her latest book is Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction In this paradigm-shifting interview, Maia Szalavitz explains that addiction is a learning disorder, a developmental disorder, which is a different way of thinking of addiction than it being a disease or a moral failing.Need help with completing your goals...2019-07-3145 min
The One You Feed291: Maia Szalavitz on Addiction - Re-ReleaseMaia Szalavitz - A Different Lens on Addiction2019-07-3150 minThe One You FeedMaia Szalavitz on Addiction - Re-ReleaseMaia Szalavitz is an American reporter and author who has focused much of her work on the topic of addiction. She is the co-author of Born for Love and The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, both with Dr. Bruce D. Perry. Her latest book is Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction In this paradigm-shifting interview, Maia Szalavitz explains that addiction is a learning disorder, a developmental disorder, which is a different way of thinking of addiction than it being a disease or a moral failing.Need help with completing your goals...2019-07-3145 minNarcotica PodcastEpisode 22: Changing the Narrative with Maia Szalavitz and Leo Beletsky
On this episode Narcotica highlights a new project from the Health in Justice Action Lab at Northeastern University called Changing The Narrative, which aims to correct flawed narratives about drugs, debunked myths, old tropes, and stigmatizing language in mainstream media. It includes a directory of expert sources that journalists can contact for a quote, or organizations looking for panelists or speakers, helping raise the standards for communication in this area.Changing the Narrative is spearheaded by Maia Szalavitz, a drug policy reporter and author of the book “Unbroken Brain” and Leo Beletsky, Professor of Law and Health Scie...2019-06-2452 minThe Beyond Addiction ShowEncore: Is Addiction a Learning Disorder with Maia SzalavitzThere are many ways that people think about substance use disorders. Maia Szalavitz, author, speaker, and journalist who focuses on the treatment of substance use, suggests that addiction is really a learning disorder. She and I discuss her personal story of substance use, her research that led her to her conclusions about addiction, and her upcoming book about harm reduction.2019-06-1355 min
The Nation PodcastsBill McKibben: From Coal and Gas to Wind and Sun; plus Maia Szalavitz on the Opioid Epidemic and Sean Wilentz on ImpeachmentTo replace coal and oil, do we need nuclear power? Is switching from coal powered electric plants to natural gas a step in the right direction? And what lessons can we draw from the recent victories—and setbacks--for the climate movement in California? Bill McKibben comments--and talks how to get to a Green New Deal. Bill’s new book, “Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?”, will be published on April 16.
Plus: The House Judiciary Committee is moving toward impeachment proceedings, and asking what kind of precedents—and what kind of lessons--can be found in the Republican effort to impe...2019-03-0740 min
Start Making Sense ClipsHarm Reduction and the Opioid Epidemic: Maia SzalavitzWhat can we do to reduce the death toll in the current epidemic of opioid overdoses? Maia Szalavitz suggests our focus should be on harm reduction, and especially on the creation of safe injection sites. Philadelphia may be the first US city to follow the example of Vancouver and many West European cities.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy2019-03-0711 min
Ruthless Compassion with Dr. Marcia Sirota36: Maia Szalavitz - Treating Addicts with CompassionMaia Szalavitz is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction, which is widely recognized as an important advance in thinking about the nature of addiction and how to cope with it, personally and politically. Her book, Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids was the first to expose the damage caused by the “tough love” business that dominates adolescent addiction treatment. She has written for numerous publications from High Times to the New York Times, including TIME, the Washington Post, the Guardian, VICE...2019-01-3135 minThe Beyond Addiction ShowIs Addiction a Learning Disorder with Maia SzalavitzThere are many ways that people think about substance use disorders. Maia Szalavitz, author, speaker, and journalist who focuses on the treatment of substance use, suggests that addiction is really a learning disorder. She and I discuss her personal story of substance use, her research that led her to her conclusions about addiction, and her upcoming book about harm reduction.2019-01-0355 min
SAFE RECOVERYMaia Szalavitz author of Unbroken Brain- Journalist-Maia Szalavitz is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction, which is widely recognized as an important advance in thinking about the nature of addiction and how to cope with it, personally and politically. Her book, Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids was the first to expose the damage caused by the “tough love” business that dominates adolescent addiction treatment. She has written for numerous publications from High Times to the New York Times, including TIME, the Washington Post, the Guardian, VICE, Scie...2018-09-1145 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Disorders & DiseasesThe Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., Maia SzalavitzPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354474to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing
Author: Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., Maia Szalavitz
Narrator: Chris Kipiniak
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 12 minutes
Release date: September 11, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.44 of Total 161
Ratings of Narrator: 4.73 of Total 26
Genres: Disorders & Diseases
Publisher's Summary:
In this classic work of developmental psychology, renowned psychiatrist and the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? reveals how...2018-09-111h 12
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Train Your Brain Podcast with Dr. Michael TrayfordEp. 340: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction: An Interview with Maia Szalavitz; Author of Unbroken BrainToday the Train Your Brain Podcast welcomes special guest Maia Szalavitz onto the show. Maia has spent decades researching addiction recovery and is the author of Unbroken Brain. The sponsor for our podcast today is Muse. You can visit ChooseMuse.com ⌠Continue reading â2018-06-1854 min
HOME PodcastEpisode 119: Maia SzalavitzThis week, the girls talk to Maia Szalavitz; a neuroscience journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction. Maia specializes in covering the intersection between brain and behavior and how social factors like inequality get under the skin. She is the author or co-author of six other books and writes for major publications including the Guardian, TIME, the New York Times, Scientific American Mind, the Washington Post, VICE and Pacific Standard.2018-01-1700 min
The One You FeedMaia Szalavitz: A New Lens on AddictionMaia Szalavitz is an American reporter and author who has focused much of her work on the topic of addiction. In this paradigm-shifting interview, she explains what she means by claiming that addiction is a learning disorder, a developmental disorder. It's a different way of thinking of addiction than it being a disease or a moral failing. As a result, it has different implications for how it should then be treated. Some of what Maia has to say is polarising and some will immediately make intuitive sense and you'll ask yourself why you haven't thought that way before. Take a...2017-11-0144 minThe One You FeedMaia Szalavitz: A New Lens on AddictionMaia Szalavitz is an American reporter and author who has focused much of her work on the topic of addiction. In this paradigm-shifting interview, she explains what she means by claiming that addiction is a learning disorder, a developmental disorder. It's a different way of thinking of addiction than it being a disease or a moral failing. As a result, it has different implications for how it should then be treated. Some of what Maia has to say is polarising and some will immediately make intuitive sense and you'll ask yourself why you haven't thought that way before. Take a...2017-11-0144 min
The One You Feed202: Maia Szalavitz: A New Lens on AddictionMaia Szalavitz is an American reporter and author who has focused much of her work on the topic of addiction. In this paradigm-shifting interview, she explains what she means by claiming that addiction is a learning disorder, a developmental disorder. It's a different way of thinking of addiction than it being a disease or a moral failing. As a result, it has different implications for how it should then be treated. Some of what Maia has to say is polarising and some will immediately make intuitive sense and you'll ask yourself why you haven't thought that way before. Take a li...2017-11-0151 min
The Psychology PodcastMaia Szalavitz || Rethinking AddictionThis week we're glad to welcome Maia Szalavitz to the podcast! Maia Szalavitz is one of the premier American journalists covering addiction and drugs. She is a co-author of Born for Love and The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, as well as a writer for TIME.com, VICE, the New York Times, Scientific American Mind, Elle, Psychology Today and Marie Claire among others. Her latest book is Unbroken Brain, which challenges the idea of the addict's "broken brain" and the simplistic notion of an "addictive personality". The key themes of our conversation include: The...2017-09-0645 min