Like many people who try to quit drinking, Daz found that mainstream recovery programs simply weren’t for him.
In this episode, you can follow Daz’s journey through some of the best underrated resources for quitting drinking, rewiring your subconscious mind, and pursuing the never-ending path of optimization and enlightenment.
Here are some of the topics discussed in this episode:
- Finding alternatives to AA and mainstream rehab ideology
- Tackling the biochemical pillar of addiction recovery
- Tackling the psychological pillar of addiction recovery
- Having an “a-hah” moment with amino acids
- Intermittent Fasting (IF) as a strategy for dealing with cravings
- Dealing with “secondary” dependences after quitting alcohol (sugar, etc.)
- Restoring stability to one’s life in early recovery
- Reprogramming the subconscious mind
- The importance of having a confidant or “buddy” in early recovery
- Turning life after alcohol into an exciting adventure
- Promoting nuanced truth about addiction recovery in the face of stale dogma
Resources discussed in this episode:
- Drinking Sucks! (book by Chris Scott)
- This Naked Mind (book by Annie Grace)
- Easyway To Control Alcohol (book by Allen Carr)
- Addicted To The Monkey Mind (book by JF Benoist)
- Zero App (for Intermittent Fasting)
- The Power Of Now (book by Eckhart Tolle)
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Thank you, Daz and Scott. you guys are rock stars. Great podcast. Thank you for mentioning SMART Recovery.
It’s great to have a mention of SMART Recovery