Matt and Chris discuss current addiction news, including treatment centers in the U.S., Thailand, China, and Europe, and the Dark Ages we are currently in for addiction treatment in America, as well as the way out and how to progress the field to where it should be.
Here are the main topics discussed in this episode:
- Addiction treatment center in Thailand that uses a detox drink of over 100 herbs for patients to purge, as well as prayer, meditation, manual labor, and more
- Internet addiction facility for minors in China gets busted for putting kids in 10 days of solitary confinement in a small dark room with nothing but a blanket and a bowl
- Man that helped to formulate buprenorphine dies at age 77
- Why Matt and Chris believe the U.S. is still in the Dark Ages of addiction treatment
- How places in Europe use biochemical nutrient repair for addiction and even take it for granted, while other countries this is not mainstream
- The FDA’s banning of certain supplements which were very helpful for addiction recovery
- The DEA and FDA’s attempt at banning Kratom and where things are with that
- The pros and cons of the internet and its rapid advancement
- Why technology is a great servant but a horrible master
- Using technology to improve your life while putting systems into place to make sure it doesn’t make your life worse
- Ultimate Opioid Detox 5.0 and how it’s so successful at helping people overcome opioid addiction
- Total Alcohol Recovery 2.0 and how it’s so successful at helping people transcend alcohol
- The comfortable life, the caged life, and the charged life
- Long-range thinking versus short-range thinking and how the former is likely the number one skill predicting life happiness and success
- Focusing on the things you can control vs the things you can’t control
- Focusing on the things you have in your life that you’re grateful for vs the things that you believe are lacking from your life
- Example from the show Win the Wilderness on Netflix, detailing a great case study on the benefits of Long-Range Thinking
- Finding more pleasure in long-range goals and progress towards them vs finding pleasure in things like drugs, alcohol, and other methods of instant gratification
- How starting a new project gives you a dopamine boost
- How finishing a task spikes your natural endorphins
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