Psychology
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 10Nail Biting |
Though not as dangerous as other addictions, Wood notes that nail biting was his longest-standing vice. An impulse to hurt himself came with it. Being in the hospital to support Nora during … | Alex Wood | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 11Cigarettes |
Wood notes that some of his "lowest moments of addiction" were related to cigarettes, certain he wouldn’t be able to escape them. He describes the withdrawal as more constant than … | Alex Wood | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 12Red Meat |
Eating red meat wasn’t out of his control. However, Wood didn’t want to be a part of the climate problems connected to red meat. Nora is the next guest on his podcast. She remarks … | Alex Wood | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 13Dairy |
Wood cleverly begins the chapter by using an "unhealthy alcohol use" questionnaire and makes dairy the subject instead. The results are telling. Wood notes that overeating was similar … | Alex Wood | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 14Porn |
Wood describes his inroduction to porn and his strange relationship with it. Quitting porn wasn’t the biggest struggle of the month, however. Wood’s health was still suffering, and … | Alex Wood | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 15Credit Cards |
Wood explains how credit cards were more a vessel to acquiring other vices than being a vice. Setting boundaries on how credit cards would be used was the fight at hand. | Alex Wood | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 16Gossip |
Communcation and sharing stories is natural for humans, Wood notes, before explaining how gossip can have similarities to the highs and lows of other addictions. Though tempted early on, Wood … | Alex Wood | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 17Sugar |
Wood notes how difficult it is to quit sugar, especially with its ubiquity in everyday life and the general lack of support when accomplishing one’s goal. Changing one’s habits was … | Alex Wood | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 18Social Media |
Wood compares two equations: the number of hours on the Apollo mission over eleven years and the number of combined hours humanity spent on social media in 2019. Quitting social media isn’t … | Alex Wood | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 19Smartphone |
Wood details many of the problems linked to cellphones, though specifically smartphones. Health afflictions, mental health, relationships, car crashes, as well as other unsettling statisitics. As … | Alex Wood | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 2Miley |
After feeling like a "grown up" after the Just for Laughs gig, Wood describes how he was "a boy again within weeks." Addiction and debt begins to interfere with his gigs and … | Alex Wood | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 3Withdrawal |
Beginning the Alcohol segment in the throes of withdrawal, Wood takes readers through his transition to heavy drinking and the health issues he’s been encountering. He describes his … | Alex Wood | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 4Playing the Tape Out |
After losing his wallet during a trip, Wood almost falls back into the alcohol spiral. "A test of resolve." However, following an endoscopy, Wood learns he can add stomach ulcers to a … | Alex Wood | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 5Two Fighters |
Wood begins the chapter discussing his friendship with Moaiad, a past roommate. His mother suggests tea when Wood is told the quit coffee, beginning his connection with peppermint tea. Wood … | Alex Wood | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 6Wish You Were Here |
Wood’s career trajectory begins to take stronger shape. However, two weeks after a farewell bash thrown in Uncle Noel’s honour, Wood relapses. Though staying strong for his family … | Alex Wood | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 7April Fool |
Starting the segment "Alex Wood Quits Everything," Wood explains how he prepared for his podcast where he would quit the rest of his vices in one year. He describes his struggle through … | Alex Wood | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |




