The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How Alcohol Rewires Your Brain and Increases Cancer Risk by 40%! The Alcohol Doctor, Dr. Sarah Wakeman
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Are you unknowingly damaging your brain and raising your cancer risk with just one drink? Discover the alarming truth about alcohol from Dr. Sarah Wakeman, what every adult needs to know now.
Dr. Sarah Wakeman is senior medical director for substance use disorder at Mass General Brigham healthcare system, the number one research system in the U.S. She is also the Medical Director of the Mass General Hospital Addiction Consult Team and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
She explains:
How alcohol is hijacking your dopamine system.
Why no amount of alcohol is good for your brain.
The shocking truth about moderate drinking.
How doctors are failing addiction patients on a daily basis.
Why 1 in 3 people will struggle with alcohol.
Intro
Sarah's Mission
Sarah's Education and Experience
Issues With Addiction Treatment in the Modern World
What Is Addiction?
What Things Are Capable of Being Addictive?
Physiological Dependence vs. Addiction
Scale of the Problem: Why Should People Care?
Is Society Getting Better or More Addicted?
Substance-Related Deaths During the Pandemic
What Drives People to Use Substances?
Substances' Effects on the Brain
Does Trauma at a Young Age Increase Addiction Risk?
The Opposite of Addiction Is Connection
Why Addiction Matters to Sarah
Living With a Family Member Struggling With Addiction
Who Is Sarah Trying to Save?
Change Happens When the Pain of Staying the Same Is Greater Than the Pain of Change
Misconceptions About Alcohol
Is There a Healthy Level of Alcohol Consumption?
Is One Drink a Day Safe for Health?
Link Between Moderate Drinking and Cancer
Types of Cancer Linked to Alcohol Consumption
Cancer Risk Among Heavy Drinkers
Heavy Drinking and Comorbidities as Cancer Risk Factors
How Alcohol Drives Cancer Mechanisms
Alcohol and Weight Gain
The Role of the Liver
Liver's Ability to Regenerate
How Alcohol Causes Brain Deterioration
Other Organs Affected by Alcohol
Alcohol's Impact on the Heart
Body Fat Percentage and Alcohol Tolerance
Does High Alcohol Tolerance Prevent Organ Damage?
What Is a Hangover?
Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Alcohol
Is Rehab Effective for Addiction?
Psychedelic Therapy for Addiction
GLP-1 Medications for Addiction Treatment
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Celebrity Addictions
Stigma Around Addiction
Addiction Cases That Broke Sarah's Heart
Is Empathy Positive Reinforcement for Addicted Individuals?
Setting Boundaries With an Addicted Person
Motivational Interviewing to Support Recovery
Finding Motivation for Positive Change
Habits to Support Addiction Recovery
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Can the Brain Recover From Addiction?
Unexpected Sources of Addictive Behavior
How Sarah Copes With Difficult Addiction Cases
Importance of Language Around Addiction
How Labels Limit People's Potential
Sarah's Upcoming Book
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