Below are some videos on some commonly abused drugs
Alcohol
World’s Most Dangerous Drug
Opiods
How fentanyl is making the opioid epidemic even worse
Cocaine
Lawyer Brian Cuban discusses his experience with cocaine addiction
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepine Dependence and Withdrawal – How To Avoid This
Below are some videos on some commonly abused behaviours
Sex/Pornography
What is Sex Addiction? 6 Signs & Symptoms
Compulsive Eating
BED: Revealing Binge Eating Disorder from a Clinical and a Patient Perspective
Video Gaming
Escaping video game addiction: Cam Adair at TEDxBoulder
Self Harm
Cutting and self-injurious behaviors
In the section below you will find emerging ideas in the treatment of trauma and addiction.
We are not recommending anything by including it here, just sharing what excites us about new explorations in recovery.
Most are not legal for use yet because they haven’t gone throught the years of testing that would allow them to be called safe evidence-based approaches to therapy.
Plant Medicine and the use of Psychedelics in trauma and addiction recovery:
Ayahuasca
Dr. Gabor Maté discusses his biographical experience of Ayhuasca and the applications for use in healing and recovery
Ibogaine
A Spiritual Mentor and Integrative Plant Medicine Guide, Zeerak Khan, discusses her motivation to experience Iboga.
MDMA
Is MDMA psychiatry’s antibiotic? Dr. Ben Sessa discusses this in a TedX talk. Potentially triggering subject matter
Ketamine
Dr. Steve Levene talks about Ketamine, it’s history and its applications for mental health, and chronic pain.