Overcome Addictions & Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna Lembke
Dr. Anna Lembke, MD, is chief of the Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford and a leading expert in how to overcome addictions of all kinds. We discuss dopamine dynamics in the brain and how they impact risk-taking, mental obsession, and compulsive behaviors. We also discuss the most common addiction of all—people’s addiction to control—and how prayer and spiritual practices can open up new neural pathways and help end unhealthy thought patterns and behaviors, including codependence.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Anna Lembke
(00:02:14) Social Media, Digital Media Addiction, 4 Cs; Pollution Analogy
(00:06:43) Dopamine, Reinforcing Behaviors & Addiction
(00:09:03) Sponsors: Lingo & Helix Sleep
(00:11:26) Pleasure & Pain, Homeostasis; Withdrawal & Relapse; Restoring Balance
(00:16:02) Treating Addiction, Behavior Replacement, 12 Step
(00:22:59) Addiction is the Modern Plague, Spiritual Transformation
(00:26:39) Addiction Risk Factors, Trauma; Addiction Consequences; Interventions
(00:35:47) Sponsor: AG1
(00:37:00) Spiritual Pivot, Addicted to Control; Anxiety & Shame
(00:45:57) Control Paradox & Radical Surrender
(00:51:58) Periaqueductal Gray (PAG), Spirituality, Addiction & Control
(00:58:08) Dopamine & Serotonin, Higher Power & Surrender
(01:02:34) Psychedelics, Psilocybin, Risk
(01:06:50) Sponsor: Function
(01:08:28) Neurobiology of Surrender, PAG, Hitting Rock Bottom
(01:13:40) Aversion to Discussing Spirituality, Open Curiosity; Death
(01:21:58) Crisis & Despair, Tools: Prayer; Do the Next Right Thing; Codependence
(01:29:26) Codependence, Parenting, Technology; Making Assumptions
(01:38:48) Sponsor: LMNT
(01:40:08) Codependence, Mother & Father; Overcoming Codependency
(01:44:28) Youth & Digital Age; Tolerating Uncertainty, Tool: Open Curiosity
(01:50:13) “Faithing”, Praying for Others; Symbols
(01:56:57) Transcending Ourselves, Modern Society & Resistance to Spirituality
(02:02:24) Daily Spiritual Practices
(02:04:23) Ketamine & Addiction, Depression; Stimulants Addiction
(02:08:29) GLP-1s, Alcohol Addiction, Dopamine
(02:10:28) Thought Addiction? Worry & Rumination; Next Book
(02:14:52) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter
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The Huberman Lab podcast is hosted by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology, and by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. The podcast discusses neuroscience and science-based tools, including how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health, as well as existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works.
Huberman has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function, and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills, and cognitive functioning. He is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision, in 2017.
Work from the Huberman Laboratory at Stanford School of Medicine has been published in top journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell, and has been featured in TIME, BBC, Scientific American, Discover, and other top media outlets.
In 2021, Dr. Huberman launched the Huberman Lab podcast. The podcast is frequently ranked in the top 10 of all podcasts globally and is often ranked #1 in the categories of Science, Education, and Health & Fitness.