Скачать или смотреть When Feeling Normal Turns into Addiction Every Story Starts Somewhere with Lance Wright

On Thoughtful Thursday, the ANEW Insight Podcast welcomes Addiction Recovery Specialist Lance Wright for a deeply reflective conversation on how addiction often begins long before drugs enter the picture.

Lance shares how his earliest experiences of seeking relief from emotional pain started with seemingly innocent behaviors — small thefts, chasing belonging, finding acceptance, wanting to feel “normal.” What looked harmless on the surface was actually a nervous system searching for regulation and identity.

He explains how that hunger for relief and connection quietly shaped his choices: stealing to fit in, leaning on peer approval for validation, and eventually being introduced to marijuana — a moment that reinforced a critical belief: “Something outside me can change how I feel inside.”
In this conversation we explore:
• How early dopamine rewards wire the addiction cycle
• Why belonging often becomes the gateway to risky behavior
• The role of identity development in addiction vulnerability
• How peer acceptance can override early family rules
• Why substances initially feel like emotional medicine
• The nervous system roots of compulsive relief-seeking

This episode is especially meaningful for anyone who wonders how addiction forms or recognizes familiar patterns of emotional escape in their own life.

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