Episode Description The trials and tribulations of life are an excellent opportunity to journey into one’s emotional resiliency. In today’s show, I discuss four quotes that have fueled me these last four weeks and how I use that energy ...

Episode Description Automatic negative thoughts in early sobriety can spiral you down with anger, anxiety, resentment, and a myriad of other emotions aimed at your past self and potentially anyone you decide to blame for your lot in life. ...

Episode Description Have you ever convinced yourself that your way of seeing things is the only way? That’s Perspective Bias waving its wand. Found yourself nodding along to information that confirms what you already believe? Ah, Confirmation Bias strikes ...

Episode Description Carlos, 45, grew up in the East Bay and Northern California. In his teenage years, after numerous Grateful Dead shows and experimentation with using and selling psychedelics, he was eventually consumed by alcoholism and trapped in a ...

Episode Description Christian, 45, has been at the Gault House Sober Living Environment for over a year. Christian has been addicted to alcohol, weed and a little bit of everything else. He started drinking and smoking pot early in life, and ...

Episode Description Robert is a 61-year-old man from Southern California and a current resident of the Gault Street House Sober Living Environment. The son of alcoholic parents, he picked up his first drink at only ten years old, malnourished, ...

Episode Description In this episode of Cracking Addiction, Dr. Ferghal Armstrong and guest Dr. Manu Bhatnagar engage in a deep dive into the complex topic of psychosis, specifically in the context of substance use disorders. With a focus on ...

Episode Description In this episode of Cracking Addiction, Dr. Ferghal Armstrong and Dr. Manu Bhatnagar delve into the complex issue of psychosis in the context of withdrawal treatment or when withdrawing from stimulants such as methamphetamine. They explore the ...

Episode Description Dr Ferghal speaks with Dr Matthew Frei, an addiction medicine specialist who specialises in the care and management of clinicians who find themselves struggling with addictions. Clinicians face significant stigma when dealing with their own illnesses, and ...

Episode Description In episode 66 of Cracking Addiction, we discuss MDMA or ecstasy and discuss its analogues PMA and PMMA and discuss the pharmacokinetics of these drugs, the unique properties of MDMA as both an atypical amphetamine-type substance, and ...