Matt Finch and Chris Scott discuss white-collar worker addiction and more along with the upcoming predictions about a winter of mass addiction and mental health disorder rates and how to be prepared for it.
Here are the main topics discussed in this episode:
- New article on The Guardian discussing the prevalence of lawyers and other white-collar workers turning to drugs and/or alcohol during the pandemic due to working from home and not needing to go to the office etc.
- Experimenting with supplements for addiction recovery
- A high fish diet has shown to help homeless people with mental health/addiction
- Finding recovery solutions in the COVID-19 world
- Chris and Matt share stories of their alcohol abuse periods of life
- The ‘Geographical Cure’ and why it’s not a cure but can often help as an addiction-interrupter
- Matt’s first time using fish oil for melancholy after moving to upstate New York in late Fall
- Chris and Matt discuss their plan to hang out in person in San Diego this November
- Fundamentals like sunshine, fresh air, nature, hydration, sleep, and exercise for recovery
- Chris on moving further and further south over the years and why he’s done this
- The Power of Identity (Self-Image) for addiction recovery and transcending addiction
- Making HEALTH your top value in life as a way to change your situation permanently
- The many damaging effects of drinking too much alcohol
- Milk thistle for protecting the liver
- Prevention starting with parents
- “You cannot connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect the dots looking backward”
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Awesome 👍 You guys are cool! Love the back-and-forth banter about both drugs and alcohol.
Thank you. I’m now a regular listener.
Hope you guys earn money for these podcasts.
I’m quite certain that I’d heard a parrot 🐦 named Papaya towards the end!