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 16^th 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