Vice Chair for Addiction Psychiatry and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at @WeillCornell/@nyphospital; šļø Host, Thriving with Addiction
Joined April 2018
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Mar 18
Addiction isnāt the end of the storyāit can be the turning point.
My new book Thriving with Addiction: A New Roadmap for Lasting Recovery and Health explores how recovery can rebuild the brain, restore relationships, and help people rediscover purpose.
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What happens when the pursuit of perfection becomes a source of suffering?
This week on Thriving with Addiction, Dr. Katharine Phillips joins me to discuss body dysmorphic disorder, shame, social isolation, and the ways distorted self-image can intersect with addiction and mental health. youtu.be/Omi06kb_vjY
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What happens when parents discover an entire generation is becoming addicted to nicotine?
This week on Thriving with Addiction, Meredith Berkman, co-founder of Parents Against Vaping (@ParentsvsVape), joins me to discuss youth vaping, flavored tobacco products, and the advocacy movement that emerged in response to the vaping epidemic. youtu.be/MCSysE3ItYs
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Only 1.4% of teens vape daily (1 in 71); use is at a 25-year low, down 74% since 2019
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2021 NYTS: flavors 7th (13.5%) for initiation, peer influence 1st (57.8%)
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E-cigarettes help adults quit smoking better than NRT
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Flavors make the products more effective
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When does screen time become an addiction?
This week on Thriving with Addiction, digital literacy expert Dr. Kaitlyn Regehr joins me to discuss how smartphones, algorithms, and AI-driven platforms are designed to capture our attentionāand what that means for our brains, relationships, and mental health.
When Screen Time Becomes Addiction with Kaitlyn Regehr youtu.be/xnXUkHQQKcA?si=noX7ā¦ via @YouTube
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May 26
On the next episode of Thriving with Addiction, Scott Strode shares how movement, community, and purpose helped shape his recovery and inspired him to create The Phoenix, a nation-wide community helping others do the same. His model offers an inspiring example of what it looks like to move beyond surviving addictionāand toward truly thriving.
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May 19
Could medications like Ozempic reshape addiction treatment?
In my latest episode of Thriving with Addiction, I speak with Dhruv Khullar about GLP-1s, craving, and how recovery may increasingly include medications that help people move beyond compulsive useānot only toward abstinence.šļøyoutu.be/OAc8InyuAyQ
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May 12
Addiction often begins quietlyāsometimes with a prescription, sometimes with relief, and often with secrecy.
In this episode of Thriving with Addiction, Laura Cathcart Robbins shares her journey through Ambien addiction, shame, honesty, and the freedom she found in recovery. šļø youtu.be/qA9vo1PciP4
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May 11
AI doesnāt worry me because itās harmful. It worries me because itās helpful.
In a new STAT News article inspired by my conversation with Tim Requarth on the Thriving With Addiction podcast, I explore what addiction medicine can teach us about depending on AI.
Addiction rarely begins with catastrophe. It begins with relief.
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Gambling has changed dramaticallyābecoming faster, more accessible, and harder to escape.
In my latest episode of Thriving with Addiction, I speak with Dr. Timothy Fong (@fongster98) about the rise of gambling addiction, what it looks like clinically, and how treatment can help people recover from devastating lossesāfinancially and emotionally.šļø youtu.be/wjct4fhmDYc
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Apr 29
go.goodpods.com/MU9I9b Thriving with Addiction was a top podcast on Goodpods this past month š
Grateful to everyone listening and sharing.
If you havenāt yet, subscribe, leave 5āļø, and review ā it really helps.
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Apr 29
This week, Dr. Kibby McMahon joins me to discuss the impacts of a child growing up with parents experiencing addiction.. We talk about the "childhood chaos" of growing up around alcoholism, the power of DBT skills, and how to find healing within a family system. youtu.be/I64fyX8cx5o?si=AsrAā¦
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Apr 27
Many of todayās #cannabis products are manufactured to create addiction.
Thank you to @JonathanAveryMD for speaking with me about the misconceptions we often hold about cannabis and the importance of understanding its impact on the brain š§
Listen here: youtube.com/watch?v=5FLsqzutā¦
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Apr 22
Are we underestimating the risks of cannabis? Dr. Yasmin Hurd joins me to discuss high-THC potency, the link to psychosis in youth, and what the latest neuroscience says about cannabis use disorder. youtu.be/5FLsqzut_iQ?si=xmBZā¦
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Apr 15
Recovery is a gain, not a loss.
This week, Laura McKowen joins me to discuss her journey to sobriety, the power of community, and the 9 essential truths for sobriety that lasts. youtu.be/ygzJu59EXxM?si=ba73ā¦
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I spoke with @DrewRamseyMD about the neuroscience of mental fitness in this weekās episode of Thriving With Addiction. We discuss neuroplasticity, nutritional psychiatry, and his 9 tenets for healing the modern brain.
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High schools are losing the struggle to block pot ā even during class.
Legalization has made marijuana culturally acceptable and easy to get. buff.ly/cp9cpvi
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Mar 31
In this weekās episode of Thriving With Addiction, I speak with Lindsey Metselaar, host of We Met At Acme, about quitting cannabis, sobriety, dating in recovery, and navigating motherhood while staying sober.
A thoughtful conversation about honesty, relationships, and building a healthier life in recovery. Available Now ā Quitting Cannabis Changed Her Life: Lindsey Metselaar on Sobriety, Relationships , and Motherhood
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Jonathan Avery retweeted
Join @jonathanaverymd at @nyphospital/@WeillCornell Medical Center on 4/1 for a tabling event to receive a free Narcan kit. Learn about opioid overdose intervention, what Narcan is & how to use it. Canāt attend? Visit bit.ly/4bO08wD to be in the know on future events.
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Mar 26
Psychiatrist, author, and award-winning filmmaker Dr. Kenneth Paul Rosenberg joins the podcast to discuss behavioral addictions, sexual compulsivity, and how addiction intersects with culture, relationships, and storytelling.
Listen to The Truth About Sex Addiction: youtu.be/m4yOYomgHgM?si=E-UTā¦
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With March Madness underway, itās crucial to address risks tied to the rise in online & sports betting. @WeillCornellās #OnTheMind host Dr. Daniel Knoepflmacher welcomes back @jonathanaverymd to discuss gambling disorder, key signs & treatments. Listen: bit.ly/41uhmKo
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