I. Michael Kaufman
Retired family physician and addiction doctor who founded a physician health program in Ontario and authored a memoir about his experiences with addiction and recovery.
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Mar 3, 2026 • 54min
Wait, so addiction might not be a brain disease?
Hannah Pickard, philosopher of addiction who sees it as a behavioural disorder; Jovita Bydlowska, memoirist writing about relapse and long-term recovery; Dr. I. Michael Kaufman, retired physician and addiction memoirist. They probe whether addiction is driven by social circumstance and psychology, revisit famous rat experiments, discuss motives like self-medication and identity, and weigh diverse paths and supports for recovery.
