Paleo Runner

I talk with Staton Peele about the nature of addiction. Peele believes that addiction is a life problem, not a brain disease. We talk about the ideas that he has been writing about for many years. Chapters: 00:00:00 Stanton Peele https://peele.net/ 00:02:43 Failure is redefined as success in addition science  00:05:05 Life Process Program https://lifeprocessprogram.com/ 00:07:33 Most rehab sets a person up for failure  00:09:01 A non-disease approach is more realistic  00:10:11 Harm reduction  00:10:49 The entire addiction field is built on bullshit  00:11:55 What is addiction?  00:13:41 Opioid addiction  00:16:37 Mindfulness  00:17:11 Responsibility in addiction  00:19:19 What does a person gain from addiction?  00:21:57 Brain science BS in addiction  00:22:05 Life needs to come online with their values  00:24:20 Human motivation and experience help a person quit  00:26:23 Dealing with addiction as a disease makes it worse  00:28:52 Freud