About this episode

Dr. Tony Dice shares his journey from Navy SEAL to addiction and recovery, highlighting the challenges faced by high performers.

What happens when the thing that was supposed to save you - the mission, the badge, the identity - becomes the very thing addiction destroys? And what do you do when you are a trained Navy SEAL, built to be a hero, and you cannot even save your own son from a pandemic scare because you are too deep in a three-day meth binge to pick up the phone? Today I sit down with Dr. Tony Dice - Navy SEAL, PhD, and author of After the Trident: A Navy SEAL's Battle with Secrets, Shame, and Addiction. Dr. Dice spent years serving alongside legends like Jocko Willink, then gave up his SEAL career to protect his drug use - until a moment of devastating clarity brought him to his knees and into treatment. In this episode you will learn: How growing up in extreme isolation with an alcoholic father shaped his addiction before it even started Why high performers are especially vulnerable to addiction - and how the same obsessive drive that builds careers can quietly destroy everything they love How Tony sold his car to fund his own rehab stay, and what that moment of willingness meant for his recovery The holistic change model Dr. Dice discovered in 12-step recovery - and why it maps directly onto…

People in this episode

Host: Arlina Allen

Guest: Dr. Tony Dice

Topics covered

• addiction
• sobriety
• Navy SEAL
• mental health
• recovery
• high performance

Keywords

• Navy SEAL
• addiction
• sobriety
• recovery
• mental health
• high performers
• 12-step recovery
• gratitude
• shame
• isolation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: After the Trident: A Navy SEAL's Battle with Secrets, Shame, and Addiction

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