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Substance Abuse, Success, and Self-Realization
Category: Business
Duration: 00:47:07
Publish Date: 2020-05-18 18:35:47
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Drug and alcohol abuse are sometimes painted as a black and white issue, but there are all kinds of shades of grey.

In this episode, we explore the connection between substance abuse and underlying mental health issues, how addiction can affect creativity and career, and the hard lessons addicts can learn in recovery about their own limitations and definitions of success.

Host Morra Aarons-Mele speaks with MIT’s Seth Mnookin, a writer and ex-addict who has been clean for 20 years. And later in the show, we’ll also learn about treatment for substance abuse with CHA Center for Mindfulness and Compassion’s Dr. Zev Schuman-Olivier, an addiction psychiatrist who focuses on mindfulness as a path to healing.
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