Religion, Recovery, and the Problems of Wellness: Q&A with Liz Bucar
On her new book, Beyond Wellness
Rat Park with Carl Erik Fisher
A psychiatrist in recovery explores the addictions in all of us, integrating science, philosophy, and the art of flourishing in recovery. Columbia University bioethicist, author of THE URGE: OUR HISTORY OF ADDICTION, a New Yorker Best Book of 2022.
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How a Little Becomes a Lot, with Eric Zimmer | Flourishing After Addiction #46
"When we say we're gonna do something and then we do it, there's an internal feeling of alignment that feels good."
What Counts as an Addiction? Social Media, IFS, and Some Other News
Recent interviews, some news, and a request
What Addiction Science Got Wrong About Dopamine, with Dr. David Nutt | Flourishing After Addiction #45
"It's inconceivable there can be just a single chemical that mediates all the effects of what addicted drugs have. That was so patently daft."
Can You Become Addicted to AI?
Watch now | A conversation with neuroscientist Tim Requarth on AI dependency, cognitive shortcuts, and what AI is doing to our brains
Behind The Rise of Psychiatric Diagnosis
How psychiatric diagnosis got so powerful, and why diagnosis matters. A response to Aftab.
How to write a book
Or, how to get to write a book
On Stigma, Burnout, and the Fight to Keep Caring, with Dr. Melody Glenn | Flourishing After Addiction #44
"The poison is still more accessible than the treatment."
Inside the Behavioral Addictions Debate – Conference Notes
What behavioral addictions teach us about losing control. Is the whole field on shaky ground? We often think of addiction as something you either have or don't have—but what if that binary is the problem?
Wise Effort, with Dr. Diana Hill | Flourishing After Addiction #43
"Wise effort won't get rid of your problems—it's how you relate to them that matters most."
BONUS EPISODE: a guided meditation for working with cravings, and Jud Brewer on Mindshift Recovery | Flourishing After Addiction #42
A new brain-based approach to overcoming problematic behaviors and addictions
Unwinding Self-Addiction, with Dr. Jud Brewer | Flourishing After Addiction #41
"I’ve never found a case where I was taking something personally and wasn’t suffering."
A Book Deal (and some great interviews)!
Self-control and everyday addictions, emotional sobriety, and more
What Is It Like to Be an Addict? with Prof. Owen Flanagan | Flourishing After Addiction #40
"One cannot have a complete theory of addiction without incorporating the addict’s experience. Listen carefully to what addicts say about what it is like to be an addict."
Understanding self-control
trying not to doomscroll and snack my way to misery. doing the things that wisdom dictates instead.
My NY Times Essay: What Sports Betting Reveals About Addiction
What’s different now isn’t the underlying susceptibility, it’s that technology and concentrated commercial power have made these vulnerabilities impossible to ignore.
Self-Control Matters in Addiction
The biomechanical disease folks are right that there is a there there, that when people with addiction say they feel powerless, we should take them (us) seriously. The choice folks are right that even in severe cases of addiction, we are not choiceless zombies but retain some human agency.
How AI Reflects and Reinforces Mental Health Stigma
Our paper in BMJ Mental Health: AI-generated imagery often amplifies harmful stereotypes about mental disorders. How models like DALL-E 3 and Midjourney shape public perceptions of mental illness
What makes the internet addictive?
The next hellsites. What makes us stay online. Bluesky. The allure of simplicity and the inexorable pull toward complex design features eroding our self-control.
Fentanyl Nation: Toxic Politics and America’s Failed War on Drugs, with Ryan Hampton | Flourishing After Addiction #39
"Without question, the biggest barrier I see ahead of us is politics. In such a polarized moment, addiction is a rare subject on which most of us agree."