E268: Dr. Adi Jaffe: Getting Better Is the Goal

About this episode

Matt J interviews Dr. Adi Jaffe about the true meaning of recovery and personal transformation.

Send us Fan Mail What does recovery actually mean? If you've ever measured your sobriety by days and wondered if there was more to it than that, this episode is for you. Matt sits down with Dr. Adi Jaffe — psychologist, neuroscientist, UCLA researcher, and author of The Abstinence Myth and Unhooked — for one of the most honest and wide-ranging conversations Sober Friends has ever had. Dr. Jaffe went from meth-addicted drug dealer with nine felonies to earning his PhD and building one of the m...

People in this episode

Host: Matt J

Guest: Dr. Adi Jaffe

Topics covered

• recovery
• sobriety
• mental health
• personal transformation
• addiction

Keywords

• recovery
• sobriety
• Dr. Adi Jaffe
• addiction
• mental health
• UCLA
• The Abstinence Myth
• Unhooked

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCLA

Books & works: The Abstinence Myth, Unhooked

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