A conversation with Dr. Brian Licuanan, who is an award-winning author, speaker, educator and board-certified psychologist with nearly twenty years of clinical experience treating highly acute clients struggling with mental health and substance abuse. He also facilitates support groups for families needing to get loved ones into treatment and provides family crisis interventions for families desperate for help.

People with ADHD are 5-10 times more likely to have alcohol addiction than those without ADHD!!

Why are the figures about ADHD and addiction so startling! What is the link? And why are our tribe so at risk of abusing substances and alcohol?

We discuss this and more in 2024's final episode of Me and ADHD Podcast.

If you feel that yourself or a loved one is struggling with substances or alcohol abuse and you wish to reach out to Dr Brian, please see the details below.

Website: drbrianlicuanan.com

IG: @drlicuanan

TikTok: @drlicuanan

YouTube: @drbrianlicuanan

If you are in the UK and wish to talk to someone regarding addiction, please speak to your GP in the first instance. If this is not a choice for you, please see the links and numbers below for confidential advice and support.

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/recreational-drugs-alcohol-and-addiction/drug-and-alcohol-addiction-useful-contacts/#DrugSupportOrganisations

https://www.talktofrank.com/

Rehabs UK

info@rehabsuk.com

Call 03302 020015

Txt 07899216017

If you are in the USA, please see details below.

https://www.nami.org/about-mental-illness/

tel:+18009506264

https://www.usa.gov/substance-abuse

https://americanaddictioncenters.org/alcohol-drug-hotlinehttps://drugabuse.com/addiction/hotlines/

*Trigger warning. Alcohol and drugs addiction are talked about in this podcast.

A conversation with the inspirational TikTok ADHD content creator... 'HeadNooks".

We talk about his life before ADHD and how being diagnosed had changed it for the better and helped him to understand himself.

We also talk about his sobriety and the reasons that he started drinking and also the route he took to move away from the alcohol and drugs and why learning about living with ADHD has made a massive difference to his life.

And of course we talk about his TikTok and YouTube content which......and I quote......

"With thought provoking story lines and words of wisdom….
Each one so powerfully presented

it's like listening to an uplifting sermon being preached
designed to motivate….stimulate
and fill you with positivity,
whilst giving you a hard hitting reality check….
delivered courtesy.………from a smack in the face by a wet fish!"

If you wish to contact HeadNooks regarding any of the topics we talked about today or to follow his ADHD content, please see the links below.

https://www.tiktok.com/@headnooks

https://youtube.com/@headnooks

A Conversation with Marie from Marie Helen Coaching.

We talk about what it is like to be an ADHD Coach as well as if and how her AuDHD diagnosis has influenced her career.

Marie talks about what is like to be a coach and explains her style and approach to coaching as well as with clients and how sessions could look like.

If you wish to contact Marie with regards to coaching or wish to follow on her social media journey, please see the links below.

https://www.mariehelenadhdcoaching.co.uk

https://www.instagram.com/mariehelenadhdcoaching

https://www.tiktok.com/@mariehelenadhdcoaching

https://linktr.ee/mariehelenadhdcoaching

A massively eye opening conversation with the remarkable Sarah Templeton. All about her own experience within the prison system here in the UK as a prison counsellor, running a large team of ADHD diagnosed counsellors and now as the CEO of ADHD Liberty, a charity with the number one goal of fighting for freedom from addiction and crime for ADHDers. We talk about why ADHD is so prevalent in the prison system and the simple steps the government can implement to change this outcome. For far too long we have been left alone to fend for ourselves and to try and workout what we should and shouldnt do and who we can speak to about possible support and assessments. But now we have Sarah and her teams of clinicians to help fight this cause. The task of getting ADHDers in the prison system to get assessed and medicated is not the only way forward. We need to be able to stop ADHDers getting into the system in the first place, and this will be with better understanding of ADHD and access to assessments, medication and support. But as Sarah explains, we need to do much more and do it right at the start....in schools. We talk about how relatively simple it would be to screen for all neurodiverse conditions at different stages of education to enable teachers to implement strategies and also that parents can also look at possible assessments and support from and early age. I don't know where she finds the time, but she is also an author of 3 children's books regarding ADHD. If you wish to contact Sarah regarding any of the areas that we have spoken about on this podcast, to follow her on social media or if you just want to by her books, please see the following links: https://www.adhdliberty.org/ https://www.headstuffadhdtherapy.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/sarahtempletonadhd https://amzn.eu/d/996c6aX https://amzn.eu/d/fblcAW6 https://amzn.eu/d/h3O6H2K

A conversation with Sam Milburn about the pro's and con's of self diagnosis. We talk about the reasons behind it and if it something we should be doing. We also talk about making sure that the information we 'believe' on social media is from a reputable source and not from people who are just looking to get 'likes' and 'followers'. If you wish to contact Sam regarding anything we have discussed in todays episode, please see the link below. https://linktr.ee/coulditbeadhd If you wish to find information from reputable resources on ADHD, please see the links below. This is a non-exhaustive list and I have no affiliation with any of these links. These are purely suggestions from my own research and are not intended to replace assessments or advice from qualified experienced clinicians. https://adhduk.co.uk https://aadduk.org/living-with-adhd https://www.additudemag.com https://chadd.org https://www.russellbarkley.org https://theadhdadults.uk https://howtoadhd.com https://www.youtube.com/@ADHD_Chatter_Podcast