Mental Wellness Mondays: Addiction and Recovery with Lewis Ngoro (Repost)

The government-mandated podcast break continues, but we bring you more Mental Wellness Mondays content, as we again extract a Mental Health Segment that was in the main 2 Broke Twimbos podcast before this became it’s own podcast. This week we bring you a discussion with Lewis Ngoro, an addiction and recovery specialist, enjoy!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

4:29 - More about life and addiction issues and how Lewis got into it

7:53 - How Lewis got help with his addiction

9:22 - How Lewis Managed to eliminate his addiction where most typically fail

11:18 - Did Lewis Know he had a Problem or did the realisation come from others?

13:37 - Signs and symptoms of addiction

16:40 - How to help friends and family in denial about dealing with addiction

21:18 - How to get into a conversation about addiction to help a friend or family member

27:44 - How Lewis comes across the people that he helps

34:01 - How to deal with people who are adamant in their denial of addiction.

37:18 - Dr Nyarai on the different dynamics and underlying issues attached to addiction and mental health

39:03 - Some Resources available for people dealing with addictions

48:53 - Closing

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