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Episode 33: The Drew Barrymore Story (as told by Zach and Stanton) LPP Podcast
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Welcome to episode 33!
This episode is the audio version of a new weekly segment, produced by LPP and hosted by Stanton Peele and Zach Rhoads, called "Sundays With Stories"
Each week, Zach and Stanton tell the story of a celebrity-- well, COUNTER-recovery story. That is: they tell the stories of celebrities who outgrow their addictions, and whose stories actually oppose the standard addiction and recovery bromides that we've all been told.
This week's celebrity: Drew Barrymore!
(More on "Sundays with Stories" below):
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Stanton Peele and Zach Rhoads, an addiction and a child development specialist respectively, converse about the realities of addiction and substance misuse in their Sunday conversations. Stanton and Zach work together in the on-line Life Process Program and in publications like Outgrowing Addiction: With Common Sense Instead of "Disease" Therapy.
Their Sunday conversations tap into this overwhelming truth: people have the capacity to overcome addiction. And, in fact (like Zach himself) they regularly do so. How do we know? All life studies of people's substance use show that people successfully come to grips with their addictions. Moreover, people all around you can tell you tales of such natural, developmental recovery. Only they're not "allowed" to tell their stories, for fear of offending the dysfunctional, but all-powerful, recovery community.
This reticence extends to the highest levels of media and culture. (Do you know that progressive stalwart Kurt Andersen dutifully explained that George W. Bush invaded Iraq because he quit drinking without AA, and was thus permanently trapped in denial?) Among the many examples of this self-censorship are the cultural icon Drew Barrymore, who People labelled, age 13, America's youngest addict. Barrymore wrote Little Girl Lost, published at age 15, after she had entered rehab and subsequently attempted suicide.
But Drew grew up by the time she reached her twenties, then went on to found a winery and become a caring mother and Hollywood power player. Apologizing for “not being in recovery” (she enjoys wine), Drew can only hint at the developmental course that has freed her and the vast majority of those with addictive problems.
Hear stories like Drew’s, the silent majority’s, on Peele and Rhoads’ “Sundays With Stories.”
In fact, send in your own ideas for future episodes (through any of the channels below:
Email: info@lifeprocessprogram.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/lifeprocessprogram
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lifeprocessprgm
Facebook: http://facebook.com/lifeprocessprogram
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSYridYK8h1uXu0Gx0Kl2Og
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/life-process-program
Call or Text us: (802) 391 - 4360
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Visit the LPP Web Site: https://lifeprocessprogram.com/
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifeprocessprogram/message
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Welcome to episode 33!
This episode is the audio version of a new weekly segment, produced by LPP and hosted by Stanton Peele and Zach Rhoads, called "Sundays With Stories"
Each week, Zach and Stanton tell the story of a celebrity-- well, COUNTER-recovery story. That is: they tell the stories of celebrities who outgrow their addictions, and whose stories actually oppose the standard addiction and recovery bromides that we've all been told.
This week's celebrity: Drew Barrymore!
(More on "Sundays with Stories" below):
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Stanton Peele and Zach Rhoads, an addiction and a child development specialist respectively, converse about the realities of addiction and substance misuse in their Sunday conversations. Stanton and Zach work together in the on-line Life Process Program and in publications like Outgrowing Addiction: With Common Sense Instead of "Disease" Therapy.
Their Sunday conversations tap into this overwhelming truth: people have the capacity to overcome addiction. And, in fact (like Zach himself) they regularly do so. How do we know? All life studies of people's substance use show that people successfully come to grips with their addictions. Moreover, people all around you can tell you tales of such natural, developmental recovery. Only they're not "allowed" to tell their stories, for fear of offending the dysfunctional, but all-powerful, recovery community.
This reticence extends to the highest levels of media and culture. (Do you know that progressive stalwart Kurt Andersen dutifully explained that George W. Bush invaded Iraq because he quit drinking without AA, and was thus permanently trapped in denial?) Among the many examples of this self-censorship are the cultural icon Drew Barrymore, who People labelled, age 13, America's youngest addict. Barrymore wrote Little Girl Lost, published at age 15, after she had entered rehab and subsequently attempted suicide.
But Drew grew up by the time she reached her twenties, then went on to found a winery and become a caring mother and Hollywood power player. Apologizing for “not being in recovery” (she enjoys wine), Drew can only hint at the developmental course that has freed her and the vast majority of those with addictive problems.
Hear stories like Drew’s, the silent majority’s, on Peele and Rhoads’ “Sundays With Stories.”
In fact, send in your own ideas for future episodes (through any of the channels below:
Email: info@lifeprocessprogram.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/lifeprocessprogram
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lifeprocessprgm
Facebook: http://facebook.com/lifeprocessprogram
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSYridYK8h1uXu0Gx0Kl2Og
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/life-process-program
Call or Text us: (802) 391 - 4360
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Visit the LPP Web Site: https://lifeprocessprogram.com/
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifeprocessprogram/message
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifeprocessprogram/support
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