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Learning About Addiction & Recovery || Reacting to Antoine Vaillant's Relapse Video
Antoine's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX4DzOxbBWU
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction.
0:38 Antoine relapsed, tore his second bicep, and made 3 videos since then.
2:30 Codependency, attempting to moderate use, and the value of honesty.
4:10 The loss a sober person takes when admitting a relapse in a 12-step program.
5:54 The psychological reservations an addict faces when trying to get sober.
7:01 Rehabs, outpatient programs, and sober livings.
8:16 Extreme hardship, solitude, etc. of jail sometimes helps addicts.
9:55 The biggest culprit behind opiate users’ deaths: trying to get sober and failing.
11:20 Withdrawals from alcohol and benzos can be lethal.
11:53 Withdrawals from opiate dependency are rarely lethal.
12:15 Stimulants and alcohol can destroy lives by changing behavior.
14:38 How physical rituals worsen the addiction process.
16:17 Why multiple doses of a drug within a day worsen the addiction process.
16:58 Why not hitting rock bottom can make recovery more difficult.
18:15 Physical vulnerability due to addiction.
19:41 Why could a rehab not take a stimulant user?
21:50 Addicts are driven by suffering, not greed.
23:05 The bravery of Antoine’s honesty.
25:23 The pain of losing control for an addict.
28:15 The irrational thoughts of an addict trying to get sober.
29:50 Cyclothemic, highly capable people often fall into addiction.
31:13 Living in the future and the present.
31:54 The need to enjoy both the labor and the fruits.
32:34 The concerns about using benzos as sleep aids.
34:26 The dangers of abusing a medicine if you have an illness.
35:52 The importance of overcoming resentments.
36:29 Is it your experiences, or your changed brain?
38:13 What low GABAergic signaling feels like.
39:02 Stimulants, self-esteem, and paranoia.
40:15 The value of building up your life AND improving your neurochemistry.
42:15 Nuisance or inspiration?
43:05 Antoine’s inspirational honesty; why stimulant abuse could dehydrate someone.
44:42 Working out changes brain chemistry acutely.
45:34 The look.
46:45 Never get a tattoo on strong stimulants.
47:41 Antoine should do a cardiac fMRI.
49:01 When does “addiction” really start?
51:38 An addict’s drug of choice can be informative.
52:34 Neurons that fire together, wire together; the dangers of controlling your happiness.
53:02 How to undo thinking patterns.
53:40 What AA “meetings” are.
54:25 What “sponsors” and “stepwork” are.
56:05 Is Antoine doing CBT?
56:29 Things aren’t all bad: the value of extremism.
57:35 Addicts (and some criminals) are hypersensitive
59:20 Antoine & Umar bin Al-Khattab.
1:00:52 Conclusion.
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