Overcoming Addiction with Greg Pence: Part I

Alcohol and drug use are on the rise in COVID World, but in contrast to the coronavirus, there will be no vaccine for drug and alcohol addiction.

When the lockdown is over, drug and alcohol misuse is likely to be worse than ever. It’s time to revisit our forgotten epidemic: drug and alcohol addiction. Greg Pence discusses seven different models of addiction in search of the explanation- and the cure- for drug and alcohol addiction.

About Our Guest

Gregory E. Pence is a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Medical Ethics textbook, now in its 27th year and eighth edition. His most recent book: Overcoming Addiction: Seven Imperfect Solutions and the End of America’s Greatest Epidemic was released in February 2020.