Psychedelics & the Future of Addiction Recovery + 2021 Wrap Up (New Year’s Eve Solocast) #386

Despite chaotic outside circumstances, I have been blessed with bountiful gifts this year. I moved to the greener pastures of Austin, Texas, with my better half, Alyson Charles. We purchased a home, and I expanded my business. I’ve never felt healthier, happier, or lighter than I do right now.  Of course, as many of you know, it wasn’t always like this. I spent the best part of 25 years obliterating my body with drugs and alcohol and the past 25 years putting myself back together again. I’ve tried just about every spiritual modality out there.  Still, nothing comes close to the breakthroughs I made during intentional psychedelic experiences, which is why I chose to close out the year reflecting on my recent talk at the recent MeetDelic conference in November. This episode pieces together my journey to sobriety, how I reconciled with my “sober” identity to cross the portal of psychedelics, and why intentional plant ceremonies have proved to be great medicine for my growth.    03:00 — Review of 2021 Escaping programing Moving to Texas, renovations + reflections  My plans to create a food forest  Eloping in Vegas  My obsession with Alive Water (FYI: now they deliver to Texas!)  How to find your nearest spring (findaspring.com) The Water Wars Trilogy: Part I - Part II - Part III Expanding my business, podcast, and launching Gilded The medicinal ceremonies of this year    24:20 — The Bondage of Addiction Abstinence as the way out  The phenomenon of craving (“my drug of choice was more”) Where addiction and trauma meet  Tracing the origins of my destructive drug voyage The Shrooms of Doom: that fateful night on mushrooms 1987: the year I got sober    01:02:35 — The Spectrum of Sobriety  Finding emotional and mental sobriety  Healing dysfunctional patterns  The moment I recognized psychedelics as a tool for growth  The great INscape  Why taking Ayahuasca made me more sober than ever  Finding a spiritual experience in sobriety    01:41:48 — Peak States of Psychedelics  Facing resistance and ego death with...