#155: Is My Co-occuring Mental Health Disorder Affecting My Recovery?

Caller Daxton's Question: "I am a man in recovery from addiction and I am also learning how to manage ADHD in my adult life. I was diagnosed with ADHD after graduating high school. Since starting recovery, I have found mindfulness to be an invaluable tool for addiction recovery and managing my ADHD. As I’ve worked on mindfulness, I have seen it help me manage my ADHD in some very palpable ways and at the same time, I’ve found that my ADHD makes mindfulness pretty hard sometimes. In all of your work with addicts, have you seen any correlation between addiction recovery, ADHD and mindfulness? How can I maintain mindfulness even when my brain wants to do the exact opposite?" Brannon Patrick, "The Expert", is co-founder of Therapy Utah (therapyutah.org). You can follow Brannon on Instagram @brannon_patrick. He has some really great online courses available at brannonpatrick.com like his Boundary Bootcamp course. Brannon has a program called L.I.F.T. for betrayal trauma and addiction recovery available online starting soon. Go to https://www.liftforrecovery.com/ for more info! Tyler Patrick, "The Wandering Therapist", is co-founder of Love Strong (lovestrong.com), a Christian-based Recovery + WHOLEHEARTED living therapy practice based in Cache Valley, Utah. If you'd like to work with Love Strong via telehealth or in-person, reach out to us at [email protected] or go to our website: https://lovestrong.com. We have a great online Foundations Of Recovery Class starting soon. This class is for sex addiction recovery and healing from betrayal trauma. Go to https://lovestrong.com/services/foundations-group/ to learn more and sign up. Join us for one of our "Life-Changing" retreats. therapybros.com/events Radiant Dawn | Women's Retreat: https://radiantdawnconference.com Rising Son | Men's Retreat: https://risingson.org Vibrant Love | Couple's Retreat: https://vibrantlove.org We would love to have you as a guest on the podcast. Go to realtalkrecovery.com to submit your question and schedule your call!