Ep 72: Debating The Brain Disease Model With Susan Peirce Thompson

Debating The Alcohol Brain Disease Model With Susan Peirce Thompson Welcome to Episode # 72 of The Alcohol & Addiction Podcast the show designed to help you reduce the leverage that alcohol has in your life and your relationships. Today’s guest is Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. - a psychology professor, a brain and cognitive scientist, and an expert in the psychology of eating. She is President of the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss and CEO of Bright Line Eating Solutions, a company dedicated to helping people achieve long-term, sustainable weight loss. Her program utilizes cutting-edge research to explain how the brain blocks weight loss and every day she teaches people how to undo that damage so they can live Happy, Thin, and Free. Susan was invited onto the show to talk about the problems many people have with sugar after quitting alcohol. But the conversation veered into a debate over the validity of the alcohol is a brain disease model; the role that dogma and bias play in our teachings post recovery and much more. Podcast Takeaways Susan Peirce Thompson Blog (http://susanpeircethompson.com/) Bright Line Eating (http://susanpeircethompson.com/bright-line-eating/) Susan Peirce Thompson Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SusanPeirceThompson/) Susan Peirce Thompson Twitter (https://twitter.com/drspthompson) Unbroken Brain by Maia Szalavitz (http://www.needyhelper.com/the-alcohol-addiction-podcast-episode-50-maia-szalavitz/) Allen Carr Easyway to Control Alcohol (http://www.needyhelper.com/easy-way-to-control-alcohol-by-allen-carr/) Outro Thanks for listening. Are you in a relationship that’s suffering because of alcohol? If so, then why not join the Needy Helper movement, the purpose of which is to lessen the negative effects alcohol has on your relationships by working on communication, connection and curating a new life. We achieve this through the creation of a community forum of like minded people and training course designed to help you move away from a life of alcohol. When signing up you will receive my new course: “How Safe Are Your Relationships From Alcohol? 36 Books That Helped Me Connect, Communicate & Curate a New Life.” If you find the AA Podcast a valuable resource, then please tell your friends about it and share the love. You would make me a very happy man indeed if you could rate us on iTunes.