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Thriving with Addiction with Dr. Jonathan Avery

Thriving with Addiction with Dr. Jonathan Avery

By: Dr. Jonathan Avery
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Thriving with Addiction is a podcast about addiction, recovery, and mental health hosted by addiction psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Avery. Through conversations with leading experts, people in recovery, families affected by addiction, and clinicians on the front lines, the show explores how individuals and families can better understand addiction and move toward lasting healing.


Topics include addiction and recovery, mental health, the brain and behavior, treatment and healing, the impact of addiction on families, and the evolving science of recovery and wellbeing.


Through his podcast, writing, and clinical work, Dr. Avery helps individuals struggling with substances, their families, and the clinicians who care for them move toward hope and healing.


Dr. Jonathan Avery is the Vice Chair for Addiction Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Medical Director of the NBA’s Anti-Drug Program. His work focuses on improving how healthcare professionals, patients, and families understand substance use disorders and respond with effective treatment, compassion, and evidence-based care.


His expertise has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, and on Next Question with Katie Couric. His upcoming book, Thriving with Addiction: A New Roadmap for Lasting Recovery and Health (Prometheus Books, Fall 2026), is now available for preorder.

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  • Healing the Modern Brain with Dr. Drew Ramsey

    Healing the Modern Brain with Dr. Drew Ramsey
    Apr 7 2026

    DREW RAMSEY, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist, author, and leading voice in Nutritional Psychiatry and integrative mental health. He is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the founder of the Brain Food Clinic and Spruce Mental Health. For twenty years, he served as an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, where he taught and supervised psychotherapy and nutritional psychiatry.

    Dr. Ramsey has authored four previous books, including the international bestseller Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety and three e-courses. He is a dynamic speaker, podcast host and educator who has delivered three TEDx talks and his work has been featured by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, NPR and other notable outlets. He lives in Jackson, WY with his wife and family.

    Learn more at www.DrewRamseyMD.com

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    37 mins
  • Quitting Cannabis Changed Her Life: Lindsey Metselaar on Sobriety, Relationships, and Motherhood

    Quitting Cannabis Changed Her Life: Lindsey Metselaar on Sobriety, Relationships, and Motherhood
    Mar 31 2026

    Lindsey Metselaar is a native New Yorker and host of We Met At Acme podcast, which has amassed over 10 million downloads since its creation in 2017. We Met At Acme is a dating podcast that delves into sex, relationships, and vulnerability, with some hilarious anecdotes along the way. Lindsey also has a food blog called Don't Expect Salads (@dontexpectsalads) with over 100,000 followers. Since creating We Met At Acme, Lindsey has expanded to touring over the country and also continues to host mixers and events around NYC.

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    34 mins
  • The Truth About Sex Addiction with Kenneth Rosenberg MD

    The Truth About Sex Addiction with Kenneth Rosenberg MD
    Mar 24 2026

    Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD is a general and addiction psychiatrist in Manhattan, specializing in sexual compulsivity and is the co-editor of the text Behavioral Addictions (2014, Elsevier Press). He is the author of two books for the public, Infidelity: Why Men and Women Cheat (2018, publisher Hachette) and Bedlam (2019, publisher Penguin Random House). Dr. Rosenberg teaches at Weill Cornell Medical Center where he has been a voluntary faculty member for the past 40 years. He is also a filmmaker recognized by Emmy, Columbia duPont and Peabody awards, and one of his films was shortlisted for an Oscar. He is the winner of the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award of the National Alliance for Mental Illness, and the proud recipient of the AAAP Arts and Advocacy Award.

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