EP48: Separating Yourself From Addiction

You've been there before: scrolling through Instagram, feeling depleted and tired. Day after day, it starts to feel like you're not in control of your actions. Maybe you're worried about a friend who's struggling with addiction. Maybe you can't stop thinking about that thing you're addicted to whatever it is. It's time to take action. BUT HOW? Tune in as Christina and Brittany discuss addiction and how to get over it.

In this episode, they talk about:

• About Dopamine release (a neurotransmitter associated with pleasure)
• Reasons why some people addicted to certain things
• Questions to ask yourself to determine if you're addicted to something
• Addiction to social media, drugs, alcohol, porn, people etc
• Brittany's personal experience with alcohol addiction
• Tips to overcome your addiction

Memorable Quotes:

"We typically get addicted and obsessed with things because they bring us pleasure, even when the results of doing that thing, participating in that activity or being around that person we are addicted to can cause us pain in the long run."

"If you are someone who kind of has that addictive personality… it's important to have the awareness to be able to examine what it is you are trying to escape from because typically, we almost subconsciously turn to something that is gonna give us that pleasure because we're trying to escape from a certain type of pain."

"Addiction is the progressive narrowing of things that bring you pleasure."

"If you are addicted or obsessed with something in an unhealthy way, you will not be able to find your purpose. You're not gonna be able to find a passion because you're gonna have a distorted sense of pleasure and pain."

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