Addiction Medicine Made Easy | Fighting back against addiction
Addiction is killing us. Over 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose in the last year, and over 100,000 Americans died from alcohol use in the last year. We need to include addiction medicine as a part of everyone's practice! We take topics in addiction medicine and break them down into digestible nuggets and clinical pearls that you can use at the bedside. We are trying to create an army of health care providers all over the world who want to fight back against addiction - and we hope you will join us.*This podcast was previously the Addiction in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care podcast*
Podcasting since 2021 • 172 episodes
Addiction Medicine Made Easy | Fighting back against addiction
Latest Episodes
Addicted to Toxic Relationships: Trauma, Sex Work, and The Fight for Recovery
A lot of people think addiction begins with a bad decision. We start earlier—at the moments when consent was stolen, trust collapsed, and silence felt safer than speaking. Carly sits down with us to map the real terrain: childhood sexual assaul...
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What I Told a Room Full of High School Seniors About College Party Culture
I sat down with a room full of high school seniors to talk to them about party culture in college. College freedom can be thrilling—and unforgiving. As an ER physician turned addiction specialist, I pull back the curtain on campus p...
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You Can Use Hypnosis to Drink Less Alcohol???
Hypnosis and moderation rarely share the same sentence—until you understand how your brain decides to drink. We sit down with Australian clinical hypnotherapist Georgia Foster to unpack a practical, science‑aligned approach to reducing alcohol ...
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Understanding Addiction — For the People Who Love Someone Struggling
What if addiction isn’t a failure of willpower, but a failure of the brain systems that make willpower possible? In this episode Dr. Brenda Fann (who has been on the pod before) interviews me about addiction as we provide a clear, compassionate...
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Saving Lives: How To Recognize And Reverse An Opioid Overdose
In the case of an overdose, a person stops breathing long before most of us realize what is happening. That is why our mantra is simple and urgent: call 911 and give naloxone. We walk step by step through recognizing an opioid overdose, using n...
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