LPP Podcast

Today's episode is a "Sundays With Stories" edition and our guest today is a man named Jason Terrell.  Jason was kind (and brave) enough to spend time talking about his upbringing, his addiction history, his time in treatment (which actually bogged him down more than it helped), and how he ultimately overcame addiction by using his own best thinking!  All of this and more on episode 43!&...

On episode 9, Stanton and Zach talk about film director Peter Bogdanovich and his history of love addiction. In fact, the two argue that love is the worst addiction of all!  - - - - -  Zach and Stanton begin by discussing current events, including Oregon's recent push to decriminalize all drugs. The new policy is a welcome movement away from incarceration for drug possession. But the dev...

We have a truly remarkable LPP “Sundays With Stories” — Aaron’s story. Put simply, Aaron’s life has been . . . well, it might be rejected by Netflix as unbelievable. And it has left him firmly in the LPP camp. Just up front, Aaron is an outreach manager for a national opioid treatment provider. He combines his position on MAT with his non-disease, non-trauma-fixated LPP coaching. (More about this...

Not so long ago, I p ublished a blog comparing and contrasting SMART Recovery with the L ife Process Program.  Shortly after doing so, The president of SMART Recovery wrote to me and offered reflections on the piece. That made me a little nervous.... but he liked the blog. (WHEW!) But he did have a bone to pick with me.... I wrote that SMART Recovery is an abstinence-based program and, eviden...

In today’s episode of Sundays With Stories, Stanton and Zach discuss current events. This week a New York Times article bemoaned the failure of addiction specialists to adopt a proven tool for treating drug addiction, “contingency management.” That is, paying meth, cocaine et al. users for abstinence. That’s right: experienced, one might say addicted, “speed” (“crank”) users will desist drug use i...

Dr. Stanton Peele is the founder and creator of the Life Process Program: http://LifeProcessProgram.com  - - - - - - - - - -  Dr. Peele and Zach Rhoads return for episode 6 of "Sundays With Stories".  They select two more prominent non-12-step “recovery” stories — these with “addicts” who, themselves, were earmarked for hell — Lindsay Lohan and Robert Downey Jr. Lohan seemed doomed...

Dr. Peele received an email from a documentary film company, asking him to participate in a documentary about addiction. He happily agreed, and then the company sent him a list of questions that he needed to be prepared to answer. Unfortunately, they were all leading questions-- ones which implied that a.) addiction is a disease; b.) drugs cause addiction; c.) addiction is unescapable and none of...

Today, Dr. Stanton Peele and Zach Rhoads talk about two popular shows and their satire of standard AA / Trauma addition theories.    The two shows are "South Park" (a classic episode poking fun at AA) and "The Good Place"-- which is, in essence, a show that pokes fun at the idea of over-focusing on past events, as per the extremes of Trauma Theory.  For more about Stanton and Zach's...

Today, Zach and Dr. Peele discuss Stephen Glover’s (AKA Steve-O) addiction story. Steve-O is the TV personality who produced and starred in the  Jackass movies. During and subsequent to his rise to his movie career, he developed addictions to drugs and alcohol. He went to a disease-based rehab and has abstained from alcohol and drugs ever since (which LPP doesn’t necessarily discourage, but w...

Welcome to Episode 34! In this episode of Sundays With Stories, Dr. Stanton Peele and Zach Rhoads tell the not-so-recovery stories of two ultra-famous  musical legends, Elton John and Bob Weir.   Some key notes from the episode: I. Addiction and recovery narratives, and why people adopt them II. There is a Grateful Dead / Jerry Garcia narrative which may be more or less true. But it...

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 ad...

Welcome to the LPP Podcast!  Today's episode is a segment of our interview with LPP Coach Dee Cloward. In this segment, Dee talks about her work at SMART Recovery and compares/contrasts it with her work for the Life Process Program. Dee loves both programs, but notes that there are meaningful differences between them-- differences which she outlines in today's discussion!  - - - - - - -...

Welcome to episode 31!  Today we want you to take care of you.  So enjoy this 15 minute mindfulness meditation and free your mind so that you can make reasoned, responsible, and good decisions about how you'll behave for the rest of today.  If you'd like to learn more about mindfulness and meditation and how they relate to overcoming addiction, make sure you check out last episode o...

Welcome to episode 30!  Today's guest is Toby Sola.  Toby is the CEO of Brightmind for a living ; he practices and teaches meditation as a livelihood . Brightmind is a meditaion app that helps people-- of all personalities, persuasions, and goals--  achieve a more mindful way of living.  Today we discuss the ways in which mindfulness and meditation can help you notice, acknowle...

Welcome to episode 29! Today's guest is LPP's own Dee Cloward. Dee has been a Life Process Program coach for four years now. Prior to that, she was with SMART Recovery for 15 years in many capacities, primarily as a volunteer, and served there as Program Manager for Court Outreach and Special Events Coordinator, and Director of Training to mention just a few. She was highly beloved in the online c...

Welcome to Episode 28!  Today's guest is Mindy Vincent.  Mindy is an addiction therapist and social worker; she is the host of the podcast "Therapeutic Madness"; and she is the founder of Utah Harm Reduction Coalition.  Mindy spoke with host Zach Rhoads about her history with drug addiction, and how she became a harm reduction practitioner and advocate.  Sadly,  Mindy's si...

Welcome to episode 27!  Today you'll hear LPP coach and author Zach Rhoads talking with Michael Edelstein and Tommy Bateman of the show REBT Advocates about his and Stanton Peele's latest book, "Outgrowing Addiction" The hosts ask Zach questions about the book including what addiction means in the fist place and what it means to outgrow it.  - - - - - - - - - -  The YouTube video of...

Welcome to Episode 26! On today's program, Zach Rhoads speaks with Daniel Snyder. Daniel Snyder lives in Langley, British Columbia where he is a project and peer coordinator at Langley Overdose Response. He is also the founding creator of Mindful Hope, a hub of resources regarding harm reduction and sensible drug policy. Daniel Snyder also overcame a heroin addiction which lasted 15 years. It was...

Welcome to episode 25!  Today's episode is the fourth of our four-part series about harm reduction.  Zach spoke with Dr. Peele in the first three episodes of the series. Here are links to those episodes, in case you missed it:  Episode 1: https://anchor.fm/lifeprocessprogram/episodes/Episode-22-The-History-of-Harm-Reduction-for-Addiction-efv3el Episode 2: https://anchor.fm/lifeproce...

Welcome to episode 24! Today's episode is also part three of our four-part series about harm reduction. Zach and Stanton discuss several domains in which harm reduction can be useful:  - Addiction - Policing - Public health - Working with children  And more. . .  And they hone in on the fact that harm reduction is based on improvement rather than only perfection. A quote from the ep...

Welcome to episode 23! This is episode #2 of a four-part series about Harm Reduction.  Last week, Stanton and Zach discussed the history of harm reduction for addiction. That episode is here:  In today's episode, Stanton wraps up his telling of Harm Reduction History and then talks about harm reduction's evolution, as a concept, into two incompatible ways of thinking: There is "harm redu...

Welcome to episode 12!  For the next 8 weeks, Zach Rhoads will be talking about each of the eight LPP modules with the creator of the program, Dr. Stanton Peele. In today's episode, they discuss module 1: "Self-Reflection"  Enjoy your Monday Morning Ammunition!  - - - - - - - - - -  THE LIFE PROCESS PROGRAM-- HOW TO FOLLOW / CONTACT / LEARN MORE ABOUT LPP: Email us - info@lifep...

Welcome to episode 22!  We’ve created a new series of episodes titled, “LPP and Harm Reduction” The series contains four segments that you’ll hear over the next four weeks.  Today you’ll hear part 1: “The History of Harm Reduction For Adddiction” Remember: If you have any comments or questions or suggestions about the episode, that you can reach us at info@lifeprocessprogram.com - - - -...

Today you’ll hear an excerpt from my long-form discussion with Dr. Sandy Steingard. Sandy is a psychiatrist and the chief medical officer of a statewide non-profit organization in Vermont called The Howard Center.  She is also a blogger for Robert Whitaker’s online Magazine called “Mad in America” and she’s the author of a book called “Critical Psychiatry.” I sat in-person with Sandy and spok...

Today you’ll get a sneak-peak from a long-form conversation I had with Dr. Robert Schwebel.  Robert Schwebel is a psychologist, author, and the creator of a non 12-step program called “Seven Challenges” Dr. Schwebel's "Seven Challenges" are a practical guide for people, young and old, to really understand their relationship with drugs and alcohol and whether they're happy with that relationsh...