Show notes
In this episode with addiction recovery specialist Mike Govoni, we...
- share Mike's unbelievable trauma story and how he healed himself from opioid and alcohol addiction, ulcerative colitis, and multiple chemical sensitivity
- discussion addiction and alcoholism as an adaptation of the nervous system to attempt to regulate a dysregulated internal environment
- differentiate between getting clean and sober and healing
- talk about how addiction and alcoholism aren't actually about the substances at all
- discuss the role of the social engagement system of Polyvagal Theory and why addicts isolate themselves
- share how Mike encourages his clients to be in awareness of their bodies to heal from the trauma story that led them to substance abuse
- discuss the differences in cognitive, narrative therapies, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, and somatic, body-based therapies, such as somatic experiencing
- challenge the 12-step recovery language and discuss whether it's truly supportive of healing and re-establishing identity after addiction
- share the role of spirituality in healing addiction and trauma
- discuss the role of ancestral trauma in addiction and alcoholism
- share Mike's take on people in recovery using psychedelic medicine
- talk about the trauma that abusers and perpetrators experience and their need to heal just as much as victims