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Starting next Monday, I m doing another special series.
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This one is about addiction.
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You might have heard the special series last month on mystical systems.
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Coming up, you ll hear from four distinct voices in the space covering harm reduction, new paths to recovery, codependency, and the shape of addiction in our culture today.
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This is just scratching the surface on a very complex issue, but hopefully the beginning of conversations that we can then have in our own lives, as addiction touches all of us in its myriad forms.
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While this set is focused on substances, we ll be back with more in this space and time.
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And if you want to get started, you ll find links to two previous episodes,
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on addiction.
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Dr. Gabor Mate, who spent much of his career working in the most addicted corner of North America, explains why trauma is central to understanding addiction in one episode, and Dr. Anna Lemke explores the role of dopamine
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and the delicate balance between pleasure and pain in another.
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You can find those links in the show notes for this teaser.
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Meanwhile, I ll see you on Thursday for a regular episode of Pulling the Thread and next Monday for the beginning of this special series.