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May 2022
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186 | Overcoming Addictions

BRAD ROBINSON: ANXIETY SPECIALIST, CBT COACH, AND NLP MASTER PRACTITIONER
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On this episode, I talk about my rollercoaster of a journey with pornography and how I recovered from it. What constitutes an addiction?How do you overcome something that you seem to have no control over? What is happening in the brain that keeps you stuck in this loop? How can you break free? I answer these, and more, on todays episode. 

 

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