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The Journey to Hollywood: A Story of Resilience and Relationship

Dr. Brian E. Arnold Episode 32

What if the key to overcoming addiction lies not in willpower but in resetting your brain's endorphin levels? Meridy shares her remarkable journey from surviving childhood abuse to pioneering a revolutionary approach to addiction treatment using cold laser therapy.

Growing up with a violent, bipolar mother created deep wounds that Meridy and her sister processed in dramatically different ways. While her sister turned to alcohol and sex to numb her pain, Meridy's path led her to discovering the neurological basis of addiction. After experiencing the transformative effects of cold laser therapy to quit smoking, she bought the business and refined the treatment through years of careful research and experimentation.

The science she reveals is eye-opening: one day of drinking requires eight full days for your brain to recover. Most addiction recovery fails because people are expected to process trauma while their brains are chemically depleted. By targeting specific acupuncture points with cold laser therapy, Meridy's approach instructs the body to release balanced endorphins naturally, giving people the neurological stability to address underlying trauma while staying sober.

Perhaps most shocking is her revelation about government addiction revenue – $50 million daily from cigarette taxes in Canada alone – explaining why effective treatments face institutional resistance. Whether you're battling substance addiction or struggling with modern dependencies like phone use or sugar cravings, this conversation illuminates how our brains become trapped in chemical patterns and how we might find our way back to balance.

Ready to understand addiction differently? Listen now and discover why Meridy's approach achieves 95% success rates when traditional methods typically fall below 30%. There's always hope for healing – sometimes it just requires a different approach to unlock it.