Psychiatrist & Stanford professor Dr. Anna Lembke joins Rich to discuss the neuroscience of modern addiction, dopamine fasting, the opioid crisis & more. To read more about Dr. Lembke and peruse the full show notes, go here👉🏾https://bit.ly/richroll623
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:39 - Primer for Today's Conversation
00:11:40 - Defining Addiction
00:16:47 - Anyone Can Form an Addiction
00:18:28 - There Doesn't Need to Be a Reason Behind Addiction
00:23:14 - Dr. Lembke's Dual Diagnosis Method
00:26:03 - The Neurochemistry of Addiction
00:29:19 - We Live in a World Saturated with Dopamine
00:32:24 - Drug of Choice
00:38:25 - Voicing Change
00:39:25 - Pain - Pleasure Paradox
00:40:25 - Dr. Lembke's Patients are Her Heroes
00:42:19 - Rechanneling an Addict's Energy to Fill Their Need
00:43:14 - Rich's Recovery
00:45:12 - The Value of AA
00:50:53 - What's the Brain Chemistry of a Withdrawal
00:57:34 - The Truth and Vulnerability of Sharing Addiction Stories
01:01:05 - We're All Vulnerable to the Fundamental Problem of Addiction
01:05:25 - Addiction Among Highly Educated Professionals
01:08:56 - Disclosing Personal Struggles as a Psychatrist
01:12:31 - Addiction by the Numbers
01:17:40 - The Opioid Crisis
01:31:34 - How Are We Redressing the Crisis?
01:40:14 - The Proliferation of Cannabis & Psychedelics
01:50:40 - The Effects of Vaping Among Teens
01:52:19 - How to Identify a Potential Addict
01:56:24 - The Hard Balance for Parents
02:06:02 - How Does Addiction Get Passed Genetically?
02:08:41 - Going on a Dopamine Fast
02:15:16 - Closing Remarks

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