In this special bonus episode, an excerpt from a conversation with Los Angeles Addictionologist Dr. Jason Giles about the potential for GLP-1s as a treatment for substance abuse, explaining their impact on cravings and brain chemistry.
Dr. Giles candidly shares his own journey with addiction, how he overcame it, and how it led him to specialize in addiction medicine.
Learn more about Los Angeles addictionologist Dr. Jason Giles https://www.ororecovery.com/dr-jason-giles/
Eva + Kami are two old-ish moms kids confronting our reasons for being obese while losing weight on semaglutide and tirzepatide, and roasting our past selves. Sarcasm is our happy place. Follow us on Instagram @lessofyoupodcast.
After a friend (who is a plastic surgeon) talked Eva into starting semaglutide in February of 2023, she lost 70 pounds in 14 months, alternating between long stretches of being stalled at the same weight and consistent but slow weight loss. With the dream of being considered just overweight and not obese by the BMI calculator, Eva switched to tirzepatide after 14 months to try and reach a goal that still seems just out of reach.
A prolific eater of her feelings, Kami was tired of being uncomfortable and when she heard through a mutual friend how semaglutide had changed Eva’s life, she found a trusted medical weight loss provider and took the first step.
As Kami starts her life on semaglutide, Eva adjusts to a world with less food noise and figures out how to let go of the crippling negative self-talk.
On each episode, we connect on how our lives are changing in real time as semaglutide and tirzepatide help us be smaller people, and try to answer the bigger question for ourselves:
When there’s less of you, what is left?
Are you confronting the same challenges? We’d love to hear your story on the Skinny Shot Stories podcast. Get the details at skinnyshotstories.com or send an email to podcasts@theaxis.io.
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Host: Eva Sheie & Kami Gamlem
Assistant Producers: Mary Ellen Clarkson & Hannah Burkhart
Engineering: Aron Devereaux and Spencer Clarkson
Theme music: Old Grump, Smartface
Less of You is a production of The Axis
https://www.theaxis.io/
00:00 - Meet Dr. Jason Giles!
00:57 - What does an addictionologist do?
03:40 - How Dr. Giles became an addictionologist
07:51 - Dr. Giles’ personal experience with addiction
18:44 - Body image and bad self-talk
20:19 - Do GLP-1s help as psychiatric medicines?
28:04 - What if GLP-1s were taken away?
32:55 - Will they make a GLP-1 specifically for addiction?
35:41 - GLP-1s and revenues of junk food companies
36:47 - Exciting medications on the horizon
40:33 - Techniques for battling addictions
43:35 - Closing remarks
