I’m Not the Go Along Guy; I’m the Self-Efficacy Guy
Dr. Stanton Peele is a lawyer, professor, psychologist, psychotherapist, and author. Of all of these titles, he’s probably best known as an advocate and pioneer in the addiction and treatment world. His new memoir, A Scientific Life on the Edge: My Lonely Quest to Change How We See Addiction, is his 16th book that tackles addiction issues. In this podcast, Stanton talks about: The reaction from when his first book, Love and Addiction, was published advocating a new way to conceptualize addiction The possibility that Tom Brady is addicted to football and what it’s costing him How people can flounder against society’s feedback Addiction not being limited to substances The basis of Life Process Program How SMART correlates to his thoughts on addiction The steps cities and states are taking to implement harm reduction Not being a joiner guy, but the self-efficacy guy The motivation to write his memoir The need to make significant headway in the addiction world