“At the same time that I was an opiate addict, and a graduate student at Stanford, I was also a straight-A student,” Lindsay said. “I was on my way to getting a PhD. I was buying my Oxycontin from a math graduate student at Berkeley. So you kind of see this strange correspondence between high-achieving intellectuals and academics and either drug or alcohol addiction.”

Welcome to the 14th episode of the Does It Work? podcast by Biomarker Labs, where you can find wellness without the woo.

In our conversation we discussed:

How Lindsay and I met on Tinder and what his Tinder strategy isHow Lindsay began using Oxycontin in graduate school at Stanford as a performance enhancerThe central role stress management plays in addiction and recovery

“My therapist says, ‘Look, i’m not saying all the problems we’re going to psychiatrists would be solved if we did these five things. But, I’d say about 80% of people in the United States, right now, currently seeking whatever type of mental healthcare would probably not need it if they did these five things,’” Lindsay said.

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Music credit: Eli Carlton-Pearson http://psdspmusic.com/