{"podcast":{"title":"Clear the air","slug":"clear-the-air-6093986","podcast_index_feed_id":6093986,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5351553/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://myclearhead.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a8a39a15155660597c8d029390648902.jpg","author":"Clearhead","episode_count":47,"summary":"Hosted by Dr Angela Lim, Clearhead co-founder and medical doctor, Clear the Air is a mental health and wellbeing podcast covering those experiences in your life or questions you have that you feel too vulnerable to share with those around you. We speak with experts to share the science behind what you’re experiencing and explore the answers to those questions. Together we get real and raw on the existential questions covering mental health and wellbeing that have puzzled humans for millennia. Follow the podcast to get notified as we drop new episodes monthly. Clearhead is an innovative employee wellbeing platform with a social mission to ensure personalised mental health and wellbeing support is accessible to everyone. Making it easier for you to build self-awareness and be guided to either digital self-help tools or book therapy on the Clearhead platform when and where you need it. Have a burning question about mental health that you want us to answer? Email us at contact@myclearhead.com, or visit our website: www.myclearhead.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986"},"episode":{"title":"21: Overcoming Addiction with Dr. Kenneth Leonard","slug":"21-overcoming-addiction-with-dr-kenneth-leonard","published_at":"2024-02-21T21:15:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986/21-overcoming-addiction-with-dr-kenneth-leonard","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/21-overcoming-addiction-with-dr-kenneth-leonard--58770454","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/58770454/clear_the_air_episode_21_audio_v1.mp3","summary":"Addiction is a major global issue. While it may be seen as ‘part of our culture’ to use alcohol or even recreational drugs to unwind and celebrate important milestones, substance abuse often goes unnoticed until it has already taken a toll on our relationships, safety, and mental health. Whereby, the Alcohol and drug foundation states that 1 in 3 adults drink alcohol at levels that put them at risk of alcohol-related disease or injury. In this episode, we’ll be unpacking how and why people become addicted to substances, and what we can do to help people overcome addiction. Kenenth’s biography: Dr. Kenneth Leonard is the Director of the Clinical Institute on Addictions, and Research Professor in Psychiatry at the University at Buffalo Medical School in New York. He is a member of multiple research journals' editorial boards and various research organisations specialising in alcoholism. Kenneth is internationally recognised for his research on the impact of substance abuse on relationships and has published more than 200 articles, including on the topic of alcohol's influence on domestic violence and child development, and the role of family in the prevention and treatment of addiction. In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following thorny questions: 0:00 - Intro 2:30 - Why Kenneth started his research on alcoholism? 3:40 - What causes addiction? 5:55 - What is considered heavy and regular drinking? 8:10 - Who is susceptible to addiction? 9.50 - Why do people self medicate with drugs and alcohol? 11:28 - What is the first step to reducing our dependency on using substances? 13:53 - How to assess your level of addiction? 15:07 - Negative impact of alcohol on marriages and child development. 18:35 - Role of marriage and childbirth in reducing addiction. 20:25 -…","meta_description":"Addiction is a major global issue. While it may be seen as ‘part of our culture’ to use alcohol or even recreational drugs to unwind and celebrate importa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3440,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/clear-the-air-6093986/episodes/21-overcoming-addiction-with-dr-kenneth-leonard/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986/21-overcoming-addiction-with-dr-kenneth-leonard.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}