The Two Pillars of Recovery® (Keep Your Distance! and Ask For Help!) remind individuals with addiction—the severe end of the spectrum of substance use disorders—how to establish recovery by working with nature.
These podcasts go beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery® because they speak to everyone, or at least to everyone concerned about the rising human and economic costs of, not just addiction, but all harmful substance use and substance use disorders.
The terrible costs of harmful substance use can be curbed, but perhaps only when individuals, healthcare providers, and communities embrace the dignity of all, make comprehensive person-centered care available to all, and radically reduce harmful environmental factors such as poverty, violence, and easy access to substances.
In these conversations, you will meet people who have hope for a better future and are striving to attain it.
Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery® Podcast Link
Episode List with Links:
Episode 1: I need help: Where do I start?
Episode 2: The Changing vocabulary of Addiction and Recovery
Episode 3: Judgements Inhibit People from Asking for Help
Episode 4: Substance Use Involves Risk: Where Do You Stand?
Episode 5: Treating Addiction with Compassion Always – and Medication Sometimes
Episode 6: Everyone Has a Role in Prevention
Episode 7: Mindfulness Makes the Difference
Episode 8: Cannabis: Where Are We Now?
Episode 9: Too Many Factions, Not Enough Love: One Tribe is All We Need
Episode 11: Simply Noticing Puts You in the Now
Episode 12: Paying it Forward: SUD Treatment With Compassionate Accountability
Episode 13: How to Exit States of “Overwhelm”
Episode 14: Helping Other With Multiple Tools, an Open Mind, and an Open Heart
Episode 16: If You Build Muscle with Testosterone, Know and Manage the Risks
Episode 17: Recovery Coaching – To Reach the People Who Aren’t Being Reached
Episode 18: Helping Teens Find Their Place in the World
Episode 19: SUDs Require Socioeconomic Remedies as well as Individualized Clinical Care
Episode 20: We are all “Relatable” in our Pursuits of Pleasures and Rewards
Episode 21: Discomfort, Balance, and Deconstruction: Buddhist Psychology in Psychotherapy Practice
Episode 22: Explore Other’s Why of Change with Active Listening
Episode 23: Becoming Tobacco Free Can Start With One Phone Call or Online Click
Episode 25: Everyone is Different and That’s Okay
Episode 26: If you care for others, care for self is not optional
Episode 27: Building Communities: Envisioning a More Just Future
Episode 28: Nurturing Vitality and Trust
Episode 29: No Need to Remain Alone
Episode 30: Multiplying Health Changes
Episode 31: Clearing a path to “the good life” of respect, connection, and kindness
Episode 32: Find Your Place – Find a Way Forward
Episode 33: Community Makes a Difference
Episode 34: Challenged? Take a Break – and Maybe See a Life Coach
Episode 35: The Gift of Permission to Write
Episode 36: Who/What Underlies Your Surface Identities?
Episode 37: Language That Drives Connection Instead of Violence
Episode 38: How Place Impacts Health and Well-Being