Adi Jaffe, Ph.D., is the author of The Abstinence Myth and the founder of IGNTD, which has one of the world’s first online recovery programs called IGNTD Hero Program that helps people break free from their addiction without shame or abstinence. Adi holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the UCLA where he taught for many years. Well-known for his online and academic writing, his views on addiction and his research on the topic have been published widely in both academic journals and popular magazines and websites.
He has appeared on several television shows including Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show, The Doctors and Larry King Now and in numerous documentaries discussing current topics in addiction. Signup for the IGNTD newsletter for weekly recovery inspiration and you’ll also receive a free tool called the Wheel of Life, where you can begin your journey towards individualized transformation.
In this episode we talk about:
- how there is no end to learning
- what inspired his path to getting a Phd in psychology
- how his desire to please his father influenced his path
- where alcohol and drugs came into his life and how they came to running his life
- the sober curious movement
- how sometimes alcohol isn’t the problem, what is making a person hate their life or need to escape is the problem
- what the word sober actually means by definition
- how being socially anxious led him into leaning more on drugs and alcohol
- falling into being a drug dealer while studying psychology at UCLA
- being arrested several times, getting guns and finally having the SWAT team invade his home and getting sent to jail for one year
- how he found himself back in school as no one would hire him after getting out of jail with a new passion for learning and learning about addiction
- creating programs, a center, a book to give people a new way to heal from addiction
- how to have conversation with people that you think are struggling with addiction
- how his book the Abstinence Myth is changing peoples lives and getting people to start doing the work on themselves without the fear of giving up their addiction
- the limited choice problem
- how we can want change for our loved ones but they have to want it and being able to offer help in different ways then just you want help…you have to do it this way.
- Which keychain he chose from my line and why!
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