689. The Truth About Nicotine Addiction: Is Nicotine Really Good for Your Health? w/ Luke & Alyson Storey

Forty years into a nicotine habit, I tried to quit cold turkey, and it nearly broke me.

Alyson was on the beach communing with grasshoppers and golden orb weavers while I was under the covers in a dark hole, trying to white-knuckle my way off nicotine, mambé, and Ambil after finishing my book.

Same place, drastically different trips.

We get into what happens when a habit doesn't wreck your life but still runs it, and why "biohacker-friendly" substances can be harder to walk away from than anyone tells you. Alyson shares how she attunes to a land before arriving, the message she received before Costa Rica, and the animal encounters that shaped her three weeks there.

I open up about the emotional hangover of writing A Horse Named Lonesome, why microdosing iboga didn't help me the way I hoped, and the conversation with Ian Mitchell that changed my plan.

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You'll learn:

[0:00] Introduction

[2:36] Tuning into the land before arriving and hearing "come here as the new you"