# Stanton Peele

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Ancient African Ales (and Other Elixirs)

Fermentation is an art form, and countless African civilizations have nailed it for millennia. Learn alongside Kas about the beer, wine, and potent liquors that stemmed from the hard work of history's oft-forgotten brewers and distillers. Note: We're on Substack, not Patreon! Sources: Craft Beer ‮…

Ep 112 Does AA Make Drinking Worse?

What if it’s not the booze — but the belief system? In this episode of the Sobriety Bestie Podcast, we dive into Alan Marlatt’s 1973 expectancy experiment, featured in Resisting 12-Step Coercion by Stanton Peele. This study throws a major wrench in AA’s core claim: the “physical allergy” to alcoh‮…

The OG Disease Model Smasher: Dr. Stanton Peele

In this episode of Recovery Rebellion, I chat with Dr. Stanton Peele, one of the most well-known voices challenging the disease model and the dominance of 12-step thinking in treatment. We talk about building new habits, questioning old beliefs and why it’s so important to look beyond abstinence-o‮…

Ep 183 Recruited Into 12 Step + Barely Survived – Jon's Story

Jon barely survived 12 step. His courageous story highlights the harm inherent in 12 step ideology and the importance of trying something different if the "treatment" you are in is making you worse. Since leving NA he's created a "life beyond his wildest dreams." Truly an inspiration and I'm thril‮…

11. The Psychologist Who Proved "Addiction" Isn't Real — Dr. Stanton Peele

Dr. Stanton Peele has spent over 50 years challenging everything the recovery industry wants you to believe. In this conversation, we break down why the concept of addiction was invented to sell you solutions, why most people who quit problematic habits do it completely on their own, and why the ‮…

Dustin Poirier Arrested, Cigarettes, and the Disease Called Addiction

When UFC legend Dustin Poirier was arrested for public intoxication at an airport on Father's Day, the reaction was immediate: "He has a disease." But what exactly does that mean? In this solo episode, Shane dives into one of the most controversial conversations in recovery: the disease model o‮…

Stanton Peele repeals addiction as disease

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Stanton Peele challenges the addiction-as-disease model, arguing that recovery grows through purpose, responsibility, relationships, and meaningful life change. Drawing on research, treatment experience, and natural recovery, he questions brain scans,‮…

Trauma & Addiction: Gabor Maté & The Body Keeps the Score (An Honest Take)

Why the pain, not why the addiction? An honest, peer look at the trauma model of recovery. This week it's a solo one. I sit with two thinkers who reshaped how we talk about addiction — Gabor Maté (In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts) and Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score) — and I try to do t‮…

Stanton Peele: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease

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Stanton Peele has spent more than five decades challenging the idea that addiction is best understood as a permanent brain disease. His alternative is not a denial of drugs, biology, trauma, or suffering—but a model that puts human behavior, relationships, purpose, responsibility, and the possibil‮…