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Working with the Shame of Addiction: a Philosopher's Perspective, with Prof. Owen Flanagan Jr.

Flourishing After Addiction with Carl Erik Fisher

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How Do You Deal With Your Drinking Problems?

Karl: I've always been interested in what makes humans tick, and the nature of mind and consciousness. When it came to my own problems with a substance ofuse, i was of no help whatever with myself because it was entirely bewildering to me. The first time i tried to go a day without drinking - that was a hard day. And i had, even then, there was kind of an obsession and compulsion to drink. But by the time i was in my early twenties, i was living with a girl friend in boston. She was the first person to tell me that she thought i drank too much.

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