Substance abuse councilor Ikoi Hiroe talks to Carl Erik Fisher, addiction psychiatrist and author of 'The Urge: Our history of addiction'.

Carl draws on his own experience as a clinician, researcher, and alcoholic in recovery to trace the history of addiction that’s troubled us for centuries. His book shows us how addiction has come to be deeply misunderstood and stigmatized in our times, despite being profoundly ordinary across recorded history, and how an honest reckoning with our past successes and failures with addiction can light a better way forward.

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'The Urge: Our history of addiction': https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57925153-the-urge

Carl's podcast, 'Flourishing After Addiction': https://podcast.carlerikfisher.com/

Carl's website: https://www.carlerikfisher.com/

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