Carl Erik Fisher on The History of Addiction

<p>Carl Erik Fisher is an addiction physician, bioethics scholar, and author  He is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University and also hosts the podcast “Flourishing After Addiction”</p> <p>In this episode, Eric and Carl Erik Fisher discuss his book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780525561446">The Urge:  Our History of Addiction.</a></p> <p>But wait, there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. <a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. </a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p> <p><strong>Carl Erik Fisher and I Discuss The History of Addiction and …</strong></p> <ul> <li>His book,  <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780525561446">The Urge:  Our History of Addiction.</a></li> <li>Recognizing the paradigm of disordered choice in addiction</li> <li>The different approaches to understanding choices for addicts</li> <li>Psychological flexibility and how</li> <li>Society’s categorical views of treatment approaches to addiction</li> <li>Placebo effects in treating addiction</li> <li>The dangers of labeling “good” drugs and “bad” drugs</li> <li>Drug policies and why there is no simple formula for treating addiction</li> <li>How addiction is part of the human condition</li> <li>Defining recovery capital</li> <li>Understanding there are many different pathways to recovery</li> <li>The step care model and one size fits all model of recover</li> <li>The spiritual practice that he developed in recovery</li> <li>Knowing that the key to overcoming addiction is to try</li> </ul> <p>Carl Erik Fisher links:</p> <p><a href="https://www.carlerikfisher.com/">Carl Erik Fisher’s Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/drcarlerik/">Instagam</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/@drcarlerik">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DrCarlErik/">Fac