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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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Episodes
  • When the Parent Drinks: One Therapist’s Journey From Childhood Chaos to Family Healing

    When the Parent Drinks: One Therapist’s Journey From Childhood Chaos to Family Healing
    Apr 28 2026

    Dr. Kibby McMahon is a clinical psychologist, CEO of KulaMind, and host of "A Little Help For Our Friends" podcast, specializing in helping people who have loved ones struggling with mental health or addiction. With training from Columbia, Duke, and Weill Cornell, she combines her clinical expertise in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and other evidence-based CBT's with personal experience to support families affected by behavioral health issues.

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    35 mins
  • What We Get Wrong About Cannabis with Yasmin Hurd

    What We Get Wrong About Cannabis with Yasmin Hurd
    Apr 21 2026

    Dr. Yasmin Hurd is the Ward-Coleman Chair of Translational Neuroscience and the Director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai.

    Dr. Hurd's multidisciplinary research investigates the neurobiology underlying substance use disorders and related psychiatric illnesses. A translational approach is used to examine molecular and neurochemical events in the human brain and comparable animal models in order to ascertain neurobiological correlates of behavior. A major focus of the research focuses on opioid abuse and the developmental effects of cannabis. The group also conducts human clinical trials towards developing novel therapies for opioid use disorder. Based on her accomplishments Dr. Hurd was inducted into both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine.

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    38 mins
  • Sobriety That Lasts: The 9 Essential Truths with Laura McKowen

    Sobriety That Lasts: The 9 Essential Truths with Laura McKowen
    Apr 14 2026

    Laura is the author of the bestselling memoir We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life and Push Off From Here: Nine Essential Truths to Get You Through Life (and Everything Else).

    Her work explores the intersection of addiction, recovery, emotional sobriety, and the complexities of relationships. She has written for The New York Times and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The TODAY Show, and more.

    In 2020, she founded The Luckiest Club, a global sobriety support community, and she writes Love Story, a popular Substack newsletter about sobriety, relationships, recovery, and writing. She is currently working on her third book.

    Website: lauramckowen.com
    Instagram: @Laura_McKowen
    LinkedIn: @lauramckowen

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    33 mins
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