Matt Finch and Chris Scott discuss the use of Chinese tonic herbs for addiction recovery, adaptability, and even radiant health, along with stories from their addictions and lessons they’ve learned since then.
Here are the main topics discussed in this episode:
- 365 Tao Daily Meditations book that Chris uses daily and why
- Why proverbs and parables work so well at helping us learn life lessons
- Why Matt is about to listen to the audible Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday
- Proximity to alcohol and/or drugs and why it’s often one of the biggest relapse triggers
- How environment combined with easy access to substances can supercharge addiction and relapse rates
- Ease of access to alcohol makes it very hard for many to quit
- Deleting contacts out of phone that sell drugs to reduce or hopefully eliminate the ability to “pick up”
- Chris on going through withdrawal almost daily at work for years
- Matt on when he started to drink in the morning to prevent the hangover and how that was the fast path to dependence
- Making horrible decisions on alcohol and/or drugs vs making good decisions to quit and stay quit and more
- How challenges and suffering can be used to build a stronger ‘character’
- Chris using alcohol to get motivated to finish work tasks and other tasks
- Feeling like you’re missing out on something when you quit drinking
- Differing views on addiction recovery
- Replacing a substance use disorder with a new habit or multiple new habits that give you the same benefits as the substance but in a healthy way
- Enthusiastically moving from failure to failure and setback to setback without loss of enthusiasm
- How Chinese tonic herbs can help us move on from addiction and eventually reach ‘Radiant Health’
- The Ancient Wisdom of the Chinese Tonic Herbs by Ron Teeguarden
- Genus Foods by Max Lugavere
- The Carnivore Diet by Shawn Baker, M.D.
- Perfect Health by Deepak Chopra
- Supreme Creation by Dragon Herbs for more adaptability and energy
- Spring Dragon Longevity Tea by Dragon Herbs for more vitality and adaptability
- How the Chinese tonic herbs have ‘double-direction activity’ vs drugs that force a physiological response in a specific direction
- A brief overview of the Three Treasures (Jing, Qi, Shen) in TCM
- Heantos-4 overview and uses for drug detox in Vietnam
- How to get Heantos-4 shipped to you
- HeantosWordwide.com
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