so Jordan Peterson's daughter Mikayla
just released a video over on her
YouTube channel
discussing some things that are going on
within the family as well as Jordan
Peterson checking himself into a rehab
all right so in this video I might come
off a little insensitive but I'm telling
you guys I'm really tired of arguing
with ignorant people on the Internet
what is up everybody this is Chris from
the rewired soul where we talk about the
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do is take different topics going on in
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try to see what lessons we can learn
from them to improve our own mental and
emotional well-being and two things that
I'm really passionate about our mental
health and addiction recovery so if
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bell and real quick we're gonna be
talking about mental health we're gonna
be talking a lot about anxiety because
that's one of the reasons Jordan
Peterson checked himself into rehab so
if you're struggling with anxiety be
sure to check out my book rewire your
anxiety I'm a recovering drug addict and
alcoholic and although I'm on
anti-anxiety medications they're non
narcotics so this whole book a lot of it
I dive into the neuroscience I dive into
the pros and cons of medications but
there are a lot of coping skills in
there as well to help you manage your
anxiety so the link will be down in the
description and in the pin comment below
and it's available in both ebook and
audiobook format alright so before I
jump into this topic about Jordan
Peterson going into rehab for becoming
addicted to his anxiety medications if
those of you who don't know me you're
probably like who the hell is this guy
what are his qualifications so hi I'm
Chris I'm a recovering drug addict and
alcoholic and I've been clean for seven
years okay my sobriety date is June 23rd
2012 all right not only that but I was
working in a dual diagnosis drug and
alcohol treatment center for a little
over three years we had every level of
care from detox to a partial
hospitalization program to inpatient
outpatient aftercare and I'm currently
pursuing my CADC which is a certified
alcohol and drug counselors license all
right so I have a lot of experience kind
of know what I'm talking about
okay so I will link Mikayla's video down
in the description below it's it's sad
man it's a really sad story
so Jordan Peterson's wife which is
Mikayla's mom she was diagnosed with
some pretty serious cancer and that's
that's stressful for any family and on
top of that Mikayla discusses how you
know during one of the surgeries there
was a medical mistake there was like a 1
in 20,000 chance and it happened so it's
very stressful like Jordan Peterson is
worried about his wife you know dealing
with this terminal illness and watching
her go through this pain so I believe
Mikayla said his doctor prescribed him
clonazepam and that's an anti-anxiety
medication for those of you who don't
know what that is it falls into the
medication class of benzodiazepines so
it's in the same category as medications
like Valium and Xanax all right so I'm
on an anti-anxiety anti-depression
medication
it's Prozac I was previously on lexapro
but these are non addictive substances
all right and I'll talk a little bit
more about that in a second but the
first thing I want to talk about with
Jordan Peterson checking himself into
rehab is this like like I said in the
intro I'm so sick and tired of arguing
with ignorant people and some of them
some of them just in denial all right so
these medications like they they make
you become dependent where your body
needs them in order to function so based
on what we know about Jordan Peterson I
wouldn't even necessarily just assume
that he's an addict what we do know for
a fact is he became dependent alright so
one of the issues in current times is we
prescribe medications all willy-nilly
one of the reasons they prescribed
benzodiazepines is because they're
fast-acting all right they're also known
as tranquilizers we go straight to the
limbic system in your
to kind of chill everything out but
Jordan Peterson tried to get off of them
as as his life circumstances started to
chill out he tried to quit them cold
turkey which is something you should
never do with benzodiazepines because
the withdrawal was so bad this is why he
checked himself into a rehab all right
so one of the reasons I'm so frustrated
is because months ago a few months ago I
made a video about suboxone those of you
who don't know what that medication is
it helps people come off of opioids so
my drug of choice was prescription
opioids
I actually didn't use the Boston when I
got off of the but if it was an option
you best believe I would but all I was
trying to do in my videos was explain to
people like just know the risk of
long-term suboxone maintenance and I had
people freaking out and losing their
mind like I'm not anti suboxone
I'm not anti medication I just want
people to be equipped with the proper
information and the proper information
is medications like suboxone will become
addictive or make you physically
dependent so if you're like Jordan
Peterson and you get to a place where
you want to come off you are screwed
this is why we recommend short-term
subbox and maintenance all right now you
don't have to listen to me
do what you want boo but you might run
into a situation like this but when it
comes to Jordan Peterson and the
benzodiazepine he was on so like I said
in my book rewire your anxiety I
discussed medications and like I said I
am on anti-anxiety medication but it is
not a benzodiazepine the withdraw from
this this substance is so dangerous the
two most dangerous substances to get off
of because of the dependence are alcohol
and benzodiazepines like those too
coming off of those without medical
supervision
can lead to death all right or seizures
okay like whenever people DM me and
stuff like that like hey you got any
tips about you know quitting this
substance I'm like yeah get medical help
like
I used to teach my clients this like we
don't give out awards all right we don't
have like an annual award ceremony where
we we hand out trophies to people who
quit cold-turkey
like see a damn doctor all right like
when I was working in the treatment
center we had one woman who was addicted
to benzos for years and even under
medical supervision
even with anti-seizure medications she
had like four or five seizures her first
month so thank God she was out of
facility and under medical supervision
there was another time when I was
teaching a group and there was this one
kid who was clean for like I think a
month and a half or so but when your
body builds a dependence like your your
brain and your body don't just bounce
back to equilibrium right away it can
take some time and I'm in the middle of
doing this group and I've never seen
somebody just have a seizure like this
right in front of my eyes but I'm just
teaching a group and he just turned
stiff as a board
falls out of his chair and starts having
a seizure so like just know I'm not anti
medications but I do try to teach people
how to look for every other option
before looking at benzos like xanax or
valium or what Jordan Peterson was on
clonazepam all right so the second part
of this video it's going to come off a
little insensitive but I just want you
to know this is nothing towards Jordan
Peterson or his family or anything like
that like this is a devastating brutal
situation to be in what I'm about to
talk about it's it's mainly for a
certain group of people on the internet
who just has the whole conversation
about mental health just twisted alright
so those of you who don't know earlier
this year I was cancelled I had hundreds
of thousands of people coming at me and
saying you're not allowed to talk about
mental health you're not a mental health
professional you're not licensed you
don't have a degree like this is a
situation that we need to look at okay
Jordan Peterson is a psychologist okay
he has a degree
in psychology helping people with their
mental health not only that but he's a
professor
he teaches other people how to get a
degree in psychology all right
aside from that he has also wrote a
best-selling book called the 12 rules of
life trying to help people out there
deal with suffering okay and how to
become better people and even this man
even this man had to turn to a substance
that has made him develop a physical
dependence because he didn't have the
tools necessary to deal with this
devastating inevitable life experience
so again this is not a dig at Jordan
Peterson what I'm trying to say is
listen you guys like maybe it's possible
that people without a degree know what
they're talking about okay because like
I said I've been clean and sober for
seven years turning to those types of
medications no matter what happens in my
life is not an option like if my
beautiful girlfriend Tristan dies if my
son dies with my mom or dad or my
friends die I cannot turn to those
substances so maybe maybe you might want
to listen to me because I figured out a
few ways to deal with the chaos of
everyday life without having to turn to
a substance alright and some of you
might be thinking well Chris you've
never had someone close to you pass away
and that is false when I first got sober
and I met with my my first sponsor we
were talking about reservations like
look something that could happen in my
life that would make me go back to drugs
or now or alcohol immediately I was like
if my grandma dies like I said if my
grandma dies I'm gonna relapse like she
was the most important woman in my life
she meant the world to me
I grew up thinking nobody loved me or
wanted anything to do with me but that
woman loved the hell out of me she loved
me unconditionally she spent time with
me when nobody else in my family was
like she was just just one of the most
important parts of my life
I'm so grateful that she got to see me
get sober but just a few years ago she
passed away from Parkinson's disease and
I just got a call one day saying you
know she's gonna be in Hospice and she
might live for another month or maybe
another year and I had to deal with that
pain that anxiety that sadness without
taking a single drink or a drug all
right so I'm not here to toot my own
horn or anything but I just want to have
you guys let that sink in for a little
bit all right there are people like
Jordan Peterson who have made a career
out of helping other people but even
they have to turn to pharmaceuticals in
order to manage the suffering of
everyday life so there's people like me
as well as many other who have a ton a
ton of experience and have figured out
ways to manage our mental health in
different ways all right so I just want
you to think about that real quick
because like I said the frustration
comes from the hate mob that attacked
and said like oh you don't have a degree
or a license clearly clearly I figured
something out so if you don't want to
listen to me and my mental health advice
and what I have to say that's totally
cool but I just want you to sit back and
reflect on that for a minute because of
a psychologist like Jordan Peterson has
to check himself into rehab because he
developed a dependence to anti-anxiety
medications you might want to ask
yourself who you're taking all of your
advice from all right anyways like I
said don't forget my book we want your
anxiety is out if you have anxiety and
want to learn ways that I've been able
to cope with my anxiety without having
to turn to different substances check it
out there is a ton a ton of tools in
there alright and it's available in both
ebook and audiobook format all right but
anyways that's all I got for this video
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