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Brain Shaman
Brain Shaman is a philosophical and scientific journey towards better brain health. Michael Waite discusses how you can change your brain state and overall nervous system via behavior, nutrition, nature, and technology. Mental illness, addiction, and low brain function are destroying so many people and societies. By becoming increasingly disconnected from our natural mind-body-world and plugged into the artificial ones, we are getting sicker, weaker, and less free. We must become more conscious of how the information that we consume (in the form of action, food, drugs, sensory input, media, etc.) affects our brain. This podcast teaches you how to reconnect with your primordial nature, reprogram your brain, regain your freedom, and redirect your life.
Brain Shaman
How to Manage Alcohol Cravings: 11 Hidden Needs and Alternatives to Drinking | Episode 73
In this episode, we discuss strategies for managing and reducing alcohol cravings, uncovering alternative pathways to satisfy the deeper needs that fuel them.
Today, we delve into 11 needs, exploring alternative actions to address each:
- water
- nutrition
- social connection
- sex
- touch
- movement
- sleep
- feeling of possibility, novelty, chaos, & adventure
- stimulation (light, sound, etc.)
- stress reduction and calm
- goals/projects
Listen in to discover your hidden needs and other healthier ways to satisfy them, ultimately diminishing the urge to drink and granting you greater freedom in how you choose to live.
RESOURCES:
COMMUNITIES:
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Tribe Sober
ENTERTAINMENT
- Six Flags Magic Mountain (amusement park)
- Memento (movie)
SCIENCE VOCAB:
- basal ganglia
- intercostal muscles
- mesolimbic pathway
- prefrontal cortex
- striatum
- substantia nigra
- ventral tegmentum
