Chris Scott interviews David Hampton, CPRC, author and host of the Positive Sobriety Podcast. If you’re interested in learning how your belief systems can affect your addiction and recovery processes, be sure to listen to this informative episode!
Here are the main topics and resources discussed in this episode:
- David’s first experience with alcohol as a Godlike, peaceful, necessary part of life – a cure for perfectionism, shame, and insecurity
- How David’s wife’s illness and sense of inauthenticity fueled his drinking
- On realizing he had a problem: “I decided to quit, the quitting took a long time, and then I quit trying to quit”
- Addiction timeframes: How some people get hit hard young, while for others the addiction lies dormant for years or decades
- Why a shame-based belief system is toxic
- How a conception of God or spirituality can either set us back or move us forward
- How time at a monastery helped David center his spirituality and deal with losing his “illusion of certainty”
- How David stopped trying “to do sobriety from a place of anxiety”
- How moralizing addiction leads to more anxiety and relapse
- The shame-based narrative can continue to play even after you stop using a substance addictively
- We have to proactively attack the shame-based narrative
- How “performing recovery” is a recipe for inauthenticity, shame, and relapse
- Why David doesn’t encourage people to get caught up in counting days of sobriety
- How David got into addiction therapy and became a certified coach himself
- Brain mapping for addiction recovery
- “Music therapy” – How music can help with recovery – and how depressing music can make recovery harder
- Positive Sobriety Podcast
- David Hampton’s Website
- David’s Books on Amazon:
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