Positive Sobriety Podcast

How have people living at other times or in other places understood compulsive behavior? How does our modern, western understanding of addiction shape our treatment or mistreatment of addicts.  Carl Erik Fisher, M.D., author of the groundbreaking new book The Urge: Our History of Addiction, addresses these and other questions a fascinating conversation with David and Nate.

Dr. Fisher is an addiction physician and bioethicist. He is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University’s Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry. He also maintains a private psychiatry practice focused on addiction.  His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Nautilus, Slate, and Scientific American MIND. He also is the host of the Flourishing After Addiction podcast, a deep-dive interview series exploring addiction and recovery. He lives between Brooklyn, New York, and Lisbon, Portugal, with his partner and son.

 

The best link is to my website: 

www.carlerikfisher.com/book

 

my own podcast is: https://www.carlerikfisher.com/flourishing

 

And here is an updated bio:

Carl Erik Fisher is an addiction physician and bioethicist. He is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University’s Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry. He also maintains a private psychiatry practice focused on addiction. He is the author of the nonfiction book The Urge: Our History of Addiction, published by Penguin Press in January 2022. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Nautilus, Slate, and Scientific American MIND. He also is the host of the Flourishing After Addiction podcast, a deep-dive interview series exploring addiction and recovery. He lives between Brooklyn, New York, and Lisbon, Portugal, with his partner and son.

 

https://www.carlerikfisher.com

A conversation with Dr. Carol Cherich, PhD, a therapist specializing in the treatment of stress-related disorders in active military members, veterans, and their families.

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An inspiring conversation with Shireen Janti, Sr. Director of Health & Human Services for MusicCares, a benevolent arm of the Grammys.

In this episode, Stephen Haynes, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Liberal Arts in Prison Program at Rhodes College in Memphis and Theologian-in-Residence at Idlewild Presbyterian Church, talks about the enrichment and challenges that recovery can bring to the Christian church.

Suicide ideation is no laughing matter, but you'll be glad you listened in on this conversation with survivor Jeff Romig, author of "Don't F*#king Kill Yourself."

An entertaining and informative conversation with Justin B. Long, author of Adventures of the Horse Doctor's Husband and The Righteous Rage of a Ten-Year-Old Boy.

Getting yourself or someone you love into addiction treatment can be a daunting task.  After losing a friend to addiction, Greg Silva dedicated himself to helping people into treatment.  Today, he is the Director of Operations for the Gravity Treatment Center in Encino, California, and he shares his experience and wisdom with our listeners.

Why are so many of us depressed?  Dr. Anna Lembke, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University, discusses the ground-breaking findings and recommendations contained in her bestselling book "Dopamine Nation."

Internationally renowned therapist and bestselling author Jenna Riemersma shares her simplified introduction to Internal Family Systems, a leading-edge approach to addiction treatment.

Dr. Sam MacMaster, Corporate Director of Clinical Operations at Promises Behavioral Health, shares the wisdom of his long experience and research in treating addictions and co-occurring mental disorders.