The Psychology of Addiction with Brent Tanksley

Brent Tanksley shares his own recovery journey as we explore the psychology of addiction.  Brent is a well known substance abuse counselor, or as he likes to put it, a substance use disorder, counselor.  He has worked with agencies such as the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of East Texas, which covers several counties.  He has worked at the Cypress Residential Treatment Center in Woodville, TX,  Brent opened his own men's sober house in Lufkin, TX, and is currently the Program Dir. at Hughes Counseling working with individuals referred from the courts, probation, child protective services or people who voluntarily seek help and healing.  Please note the Hughes Counseling Center also treats individuals through couples counseling, grief and trauma counseling, co-occurring disorders and youth/family counseling too.

We dive deep into issues such as what is the root cause of addition?  Why or when does it actually start in life?  Is it an illness?  What does it take to heal?  What experiment did the Portugal govt. try to eradicate addiction, and other fascinating aspects of the psychology of addiction.