#40 Treatments for the Opioid Crisis - with Garyth Moxey

02/06/20 • 82 min

At this point, nearly everyone in North America knows someone who is addicted to (or has died from) Opioid use. The problem has reached epidemic proportions in the US and Canada. In this episode, I sit down with a man who has been treating Opiate addiction for years.

Garyth operates an Ibogane Treatment Centre called Inner Realms that detoxifies Opiates from the system in a matter of days. He helps addicts free themselves from the stranglehold of withdrawal symptoms and physical dependency, and then points them towards long term recovery.
Opiate addiction has one of the highest relapse rates and highest death rates of any drug use, so solutions that can fully detox addicts and give them a strong chance at recovery are very unique.

In this episode, we cover:

Garyth's story of alcohol and opiate addiction.
The Peace Convoy in the 80s - unemployed hippie drug culture.
How Garyth experienced a breakthrough on LSD that lead him to get clean from Alcohol.
Garyth's story going to rehab.
The two crucial steps to recovering from addiction - Getting off the drug of choice, and learning to deal with the stress of regular life without using.
The importance of community in addiction recovery. Can not be overstated.
How Garyth found Ibogane, and saw it's powerful effects.
What is Iboga and Ibogane, and where does it come from?
What are the traditional uses of Iboga.
What Ibogane clinics look like.
The dark reality of Methadone and Suboxone for Opioid addiction.
The documentary that best shows opiate addiction - DOSED.
Legal barriers to the use of Ibogane and Iboga.
What the future of Opiate treatment looks like.
The best aftercare treatment for Ibogane patients.
How the best addiction treatment works.
The proper use of psychedelics for later recovery.
The importance of diet in addiction recovery, and how diet can sabotage recovery.

You can find Garyth at his website - innerrealmscenter.com

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In this episode, we cover:

Garyth's story of alcohol and opiate addiction.
The Peace Convoy in the 80s - unemployed hippie drug culture.
How Garyth experienced a breakthrough on LSD that lead him to get clean from Alcohol.
Garyth's story going to rehab.
The two crucial steps to recovering from addiction - Getting off the drug of choice, and learning to deal with the stress of regular life without using.
The importance of community in addiction recovery. Can not be overstated.
How Garyth found Ibogane, and saw it's powerful effects.
What is Iboga and Ibogane, and where does it come from?
What are the traditional uses of Iboga.
What Ibogane clinics look like.
The dark reality of Methadone and Suboxone for Opioid addiction.
The documentary that best shows opiate addiction - DOSED.
Legal barriers to the use of Ibogane and Iboga.
What the future of Opiate treatment looks like.
The best aftercare treatment for Ibogane patients.
How the best addiction treatment works.
The proper use of psychedelics for later recovery.
The importance of diet in addiction recovery, and how diet can sabotage recovery.

You can find Garyth at his website - innerrealmscenter.com

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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#39 - Create The Life You Want - with Nick Sol

Nick Sol is a coach for Create The Love, a group facilitator, and a public speaker. He is a director and facilitator for The Samurai Brotherhood men's community in Vancouver, BC.
Nick was on the show two years ago, and since then he has stepped deeply into his purpose of helping others through coaching, leadership, and mentorship. On this first episode of 2020, we talk about the process of choosing the right goals in your life and how to move past the resistance we all have to stepping in to most fulfilling pursuits.

On this episode, we discuss:

Running a marathon
The process of setting goals, and knowing how to set the right goals.
Finding your way towards your purpose in your 20's.
The quarterly goal process Nick does with his men's groups.
Getting distracted stuck in the details, and losing track of the big things that matter.
Using substances like Cannabis to be creative.
Resistance and procrastination. We resist the things that call to us the deepest.
Superficial goals versus goals of depth.
Personal growth work is really self-acceptance work.
Why Nick joined a men's group.
The power of the men's Warrior Weekend.
The rising tide of men's work, the movement towards conscious warrior-hood.
The choice to model the Samurai Warriors and their code in The Samurai Brotherhood.

Nick is on Instagram @nicksolconsulting

The Samurai Brotherhood Open House is on January 15th. Streaming online @samuraibrotherhood.com

To join an online Samurai Brotherhood squad, go to SamuraiBrotherhood.com/online-squad

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#41 - Addiction. Everything You Need To Know - with Chris Bevacqua

Chris Bevacqua is a holistic nutritionist who works with addicts and other populations to transform their lives through diet and nutrition. He joins me for an informative discussion about the basics of addiction, dependencies, and recovery. We bust myths and shed light on how addicts find recovery. We also talk about how important nutrition and exercise are in the process of healing all mental illnesses, including addiction.
Here is what we cover on this show:

What is addiction? What is it not?
The myths about common addictions?
The difference between an addiction and a dependency, and how to discover that you have one.
Positive addictions versus negative addictions.
Where addiction lives in the brain. What part of the brain.
What is the cause of addiction? Pain, trauma, disconnection.
Addiction isn't only caused by genetics.
The impact of early childhood environment on addiction outcomes.
The environmental risk factors that contribute to addiction later in life.
The steps to recovery: Remove the substance/behaviour, address the underlying pain, and build a life that supports recovery.
Can we heal an addiction?
First stage recovery and second stage recovery.
Second stage, deeper healing.
Deeper healing in second stage recovery - Conscious Relationship work, psychedelics, and plant medicines.
Addiction does not live in the substance.
Rat Park - The experiment that proved that drugs aren't the problem. Our society is the problem.
Ideal recovery from addiction = building a rat park in your own life.
Lost Connections, by Johann Hari, a useful book about depression and addiction.
How to build a successful recovery plan, and how to get rid of things that are too triggering in the early days.
How does nutrition play in to recovering from addiction?
Healing the damage that drugs and alcohol do to the body.
The double standard of coffee, cigarettes, sugar, and energy drinks in recovery circles.
The benefits of quitting all substances at once.
The best way to beat sugar cravings.
The power of exercise in assisting addiction recovery.
Recovery boosters - Running, H.I.T. workouts, and Yoga.
Passion and Purpose - The special ingredient in successful recovery.
Spirituality - connection to deeper self, or beyond self.
The importance of open-mindedness in finding tools that work for you.
Nutrition: Avoid sugar, white carbs, low quality oils. Move towards whole foods, healthy oils, wild meats, fermented foods.
The power of switching from carbs to fat, for fuel.
Treating depression with diet and exercise.
Dr. Georgia Ede on carnivore diets and more.

Chris operates a coaching business that helps clients deal with addiction and mental health issues with nutrition, exercise, and mindset. He helps you get your body and mind in the right place, so you can do the healing you need to do.

Contact him for coaching here.

Follow Chris on Instagram @good_n_healthy

Chris is very active on Twitter @chris_bevacqua

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