Folks in early recovery don’t necessarily lack the discipline to make and stick to changes, but they usually lack the guidance and direction, and it's hard today with so much information available, all of which will at some point contradict something else you’ve heard.

One of my favorite topics to discuss involves nutritional deficiencies and supplementation, which is the topic for episode 16.

General disclaimer : any time we're talking about supplements, you don’t want to be starting or stopping anything without being in contact with someone qualified who knows your personal history.

Nutrition is a nuanced topic - there’s no one size fits all, but there are enough basic patterns that come up to speak broadly on the topic then you can tailor fit that to your own case.

Disclaimer #2 : There are certain psychiatric conditions like bipolar disorder that are extremely sensitive to any changes in lifestyle or nutrition, and it’s hard enough getting someone stabilized on psychotropic medications that I’m always very careful to remind someone with this diagnosis not to run out and haphazardly start taking something that you hear me or anyone else talking about.

So that being said - this episode is introducing you to the topic of amino acid (and other dietary) supplementation as it can be applied to recovery from opioid dependency.

When you discontinue the use of opiates, the abnormal biochemical balances that you had been getting artificially once again become unbalanced.

So the nutritional targeting that we're talking about here is attempting to quickly give the brain those necessary building blocks to start producing your own neuro transmitters at a normal level.

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