Freedom Pact | Joseph and Lewis • #215: Dr Anna Lembke - Dopamine, Addiction, Pleasure and Pain, Brokenness & The Importance of Truth • Listen on Fountain
#215: Dr Anna Lembke - Dopamine, Addiction, Pleasure and Pain, Brokenness & The Importance of Truth
Dr Anna Lembke is an American psychiatrist who is Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University. Anna is a specialist in the opioid epidemic in the United States, and the author of Drug Dealer, MD and Anna’s new book is called Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, was released in August 2021. Buy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dopamine-Nation-Finding-Balance-Indulgence/dp/B08LQZ3QDT/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=dopamine+nation&qid=1630619963&sr=8-1
In this conversation, Anna & I discuss:
- The role of Dopamine
- Dopamine and addiction
- The psychology of an addict
- Why Anna's patients are her hero's
- How to navigate difficult conversations
- The cost of cheap dopamine
- Recovery from addiction
- Why AA & 12 steps work
- Much more
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https://www.annalembke.com
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