This week, Gregory Gourdet (James Beard winner; Top Chef), Chef and Founder of Kann and Sousòl (Portland, OR) joined us to talk about his nine years of active addiction, the seed of recovery that was planted by a sous chef half his age, Black excellence, a Haitian immigrant experience, and SO MUCH MORE. This episode highlights the resources available to F&B industry professionals. If that's you and you're interested in making some changes around your drug or alcohol use, please visit https://www.bensfriendshope.com/meetings/.

In this episode:

• Active addiction, Gregory's first steps
• A first-generation Haitian chef hits rock bottom and moves across the country after a two-year struggle to get sober
• A model for parents who wonder how to support their child through addiction
• Generational trends of substance use
• The contribution of Black excellence and the immigrant experience to substance use disorder
• Chef Gourdet's magic formula
• What is Ben's Friends

Watch Chef Gregory's Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/Ph9SRFCH09g?si=034iHRRgZGsU3yrv

Check out Ben's Friends for sobriety resources in the F+B industry: https://www.bensfriendshope.com/meetings/

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📖Dr. Nzinga Harrison's book, "Un-Addiction: Six Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life" is out now! Order here: https://www.nzingaharrisonmd.com/

📱Find Nzinga on Threads and X (Twitter): @nzingamd / LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nzingaharrisonmd/

📧Follow us on IG @unaddictionpod. If you'd like to watch our interviews, you can catch us on YouTube @unaddictionpod. Questions, suggestions, and anything else? Email us at: unaddictionpod@gmail.com

💜If you or a loved one are experiencing addiction, have questions about recovery, or need treatment tailored to you, visit eleanorhealth.com

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This week, we're airing a conversation between Dr. Nzinga Harrison and Casey Davidson on the Hello Someday Podcast.

In this episode:

• Risk factors (learned and inherited) for substance use disorder
• Scripts for talking about substance use
• Stigma and how to minimize the harmful impacts

If you're a sober-curious woman, connect with Casey: @caseymdavidson

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📖Dr. Nzinga Harrison's book, "Un-Addiction: Six Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life" is out now! Order here: https://www.nzingaharrisonmd.com/

📱Find Nzinga on Threads and X (Twitter): @nzingamd / LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nzingaharrisonmd/

📧Follow us on IG @unaddictionpod. If you'd like to watch our interviews, you can catch us on YouTube @unaddictionpod. Questions, suggestions, and anything else? Email us at: unaddictionpod@gmail.com

💜If you or a loved one are experiencing addiction, have questions about recovery, or need treatment tailored to you, visit eleanorhealth.com

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Flavor Flaaav!

William Jonathan Drayton Jr., AKA Flavor Flav (Public Enemy; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) joins us to talk about his recovery journey from crack, cocaine, alcohol, and cigarettes. He credits his journey to God and his mother.

In this episode:

• Flavor Flav's inspiration for taking his first steps toward recovery
• What keeps Flav on the path, and what keeps him from meetings
• The role of purpose and meaning in recovery
• Flavor Flav's magic formula
• New projects

Connect with Flavor Flav and stay up to date with what he's up to: @flavorflavofficial

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📞Send us a voicemail! If you are black or brown and want to share how Un-Addiction has impacted your life, leave us a message at: https://www.speakpipe.com/UAPod

📖Dr. Nzinga Harrison's book, "Un-Addiction: Six Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life" is out now! Order here: https://www.nzingaharrisonmd.com/

📱Find Nzinga on Threads and X (Twitter): @nzingamd / LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nzingaharrisonmd/

📧Follow us on IG @unaddictionpod. If you'd like to watch our interviews, you can catch us on YouTube @unaddictionpod. Questions, suggestions, and anything else? Email us at: unaddictionpod@gmail.com

💜If you or a loved one are experiencing addiction, have questions about recovery, or need treatment tailored to you, visit eleanorhealth.com

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Jessica Hoppe is the author of "First In the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream." Her memoir details her path of decolonizing recovery and delineating the impacts of systemic harm from individual responsibility. In this episode:

• Jessica's family history of mental health and the US government's narrative of the "war on drugs."
• How systemic harm, hyper-independence, and affirmative action built a narrative of undeservingness
• The American Dream and exceptionalism
• Decolonizing recovery, finding your voice

Connect with Jessica and read her book: jessicahoppeauthor.com / @jessicahoppeauthor

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📞Send us a voicemail! If you are black or brown and want to share how Un-Addiction has impacted your life, leave us a message at: https://www.speakpipe.com/UAPod

📖Dr. Nzinga Harrison's book, "Un-Addiction: Six Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life" is out now! Order here: https://www.nzingaharrisonmd.com/

📱Find Nzinga on Threads and X (Twitter): @nzingamd / LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nzingaharrisonmd/

📧Follow us on IG @unaddictionpod. If you'd like to watch our interviews, you can catch us on YouTube @unaddictionpod.

Questions, suggestions, and anything else? Email us at: unaddictionpod@gmail.com

💜If you or a loved one are experiencing addiction, have questions about recovery, or need treatment tailored to you, visit eleanorhealth.com

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Laura Cathcart Robbins joins us for Season 4 of Un-Addiction. Author of "Stash: My Life In Hiding," Laura discussed how she discovered that her life in the spotlight and Hollywood lifestyle, which was curated to help her avoid suffering, failed to do so, and the discovery process she underwent to find a life that aligns with her values...and lived to write about it.

In this episode:

• Laura's intentions with Stash
• Laura's journey as a hyper-independent youth to running the only Black entertainment PR firm in LA
• From living a life of yachts and private planes to needing medical assistance with addiction
• What to do if recovery doesn't feel like it's for you
• Finding tools to help reset Laura's nervous system and build new neuropathways - Laura's Magic Formula and daily routine
• What Laura wants to un-learn about addiction

Connect with Laura, find her book, listen to her podcast, and take a class: https://lauracathcartrobbins.com/ @lauracathcartrobbins

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📞Send us a voicemail! If you are black or brown and want to share how Un-Addiction has impacted your life, leave us a message at: https://www.speakpipe.com/UAPod

📖Dr. Nzinga Harrison's book, "Un-Addiction: Six Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life" is out now! Order here: https://www.nzingaharrisonmd.com/ 📱

Find Nzinga on Threads and X (Twitter): @nzingamd / LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nzingaharrisonmd/

📧Follow us on IG @unaddictionpod.

If you'd like to watch our interviews, you can catch us on YouTube @unaddictionpod.

Questions, suggestions, and anything else? Email us at: unaddictionpod@gmail.com

💜If you or a loved one are experiencing addiction, have questions about recovery, or need treatment tailored to you, visit eleanorhealth.com

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Season 4 is right around the corner! Join Dr. Harrison and her guests while they discuss the impact of addiction - and recovery - specifically on black and brown communities.

New season starts Tuesday, October 15, 2024!

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Laura Willoughby MBE is the founder of the world’s largest mindful drinking movement, Club Soda, and the UK’s foremost expert in low and no alcoholic drinks. Laura began a cultural revolution of not drinking "for tonight or good" after she decided to quit drinking and attended an unethical workshop on alcohol cessation.

In this episode, you'll learn how Club Soda evolved into a campaign, the work Laura's doing to make pubs in the UK a more inclusive place that profits everyone, differences in no and low-alcohol communities between the UK and the US, and Laura's journey of many paths to found Club Soda.

Club Soda is the UK's mindful drinking specialist. Experts in alcohol and behavior change, they also run the Club Soda Tasting Room & Bar in Covent Garden. The Tasting Rooms are a space for consumers to try and buy low and no alcohol drinks and for brands to connect with consumers and the trade.

Club Soda is a social impact B Corp Business and creates change, choice and connection through research, events, drinks expertise, corporate workshops, menu conclusion and more.

You can find Club Soda at joinclubsoda.com on social @joinclubsoda and at: The Club Soda Tasting Rooms, 39 Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5RR

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Dr. Nzinga Harrison's book, "Un-Addiction: Six Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life" is out now! Order here: https://www.nzingaharrisonmd.com/

Find Nzinga on Threads and X (Twitter): @nzingamd // LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nzingaharrisonmd/

Follow us on IG @unaddictionpod. If you'd like to watch our interviews, you can catch us on YouTube @unaddictionpod.

Questions, suggestions, and anything else? Email us at: unaddictionpod@gmail.com

If you or a loved one are experiencing addiction, have questions about recovery, or need treatment tailored to you, visit eleanorhealth.com

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This week's episode is a recap of some conversations from seasons 1 and 2 that highlighted the impact of addiction and mental health stigma. If you've been listening for the past year, you already know substance use disorders and mental health struggles often come hand-in-hand. Even if you haven't been listening, you probably know this from personal experience. Our goal with this podcast is to lessen the impact of stigma, have vulnerable conversations, and hopefully make it easier for someone else to ask for help. There are threads of shame and stigma which span race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, and more, which is why stigma is so insidious. Seriously, if you are having a hard time overcoming a substance, reach out to us or someone you trust.

Time stamps (without ads):

1:46 - Derek Brown (Full episode: S1 E2) @positivedamageinc

12:25 - Erin Khar (Full episode: S2 E2) @erinkhar

28:35 - Chamique Holdsclaw (Full episode: S1 E3) @chold1

38:08 - Demi Burnett (Full episode: S2 E1) @demi_not_lovato

46:33 - Ana Marie Cox (Full episode: S2 E3) @anamariecox

58:57 - Joseph Green (Full episode: S1 E5) @josephlmsvoice

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Dr. Nzinga Harrison's book, "Un-Addiction: Six Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life" is out now! Order here: https://www.nzingaharrisonmd.com/

Find Nzinga on Threads and X (Twitter): @nzingamd / LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nzingaharrisonmd/

Follow us on IG @unaddictionpod. If you'd like to watch our interviews, you can catch us on YouTube @unaddictionpod.

Questions, suggestions, and anything else? Email us at: unaddictionpod@gmail.com

If you or a loved one are experiencing addiction, have questions about recovery, or need treatment tailored to you, visit eleanorhealth.com

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