In this Resilience Unravelled episode, host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Chris Hill, a London-based “lived experience practitioner” who helps people with mental health and addiction by teaching an educational “separation model” that distinguishes the conscious self from mind/body mechanisms.

Hill shares his own 20-year history of addiction and explains addiction as dopamine-driven habitual wiring that can be harmful when it causes damage to self or others, spanning substances (nicotine, alcohol, drugs) and behaviours (gambling, sex, porn, shopping, social media).

He argues modern society “hacks” survival mechanisms, highlights environmental risks such as youth vaping and its gateway effects, and criticises willpower-only approaches.

Hill outlines his book Get Your Life Back, his private mentoring via beatmyaddictions.com, and his charity robhillfoundation.org, founded after his twin brother’s fatal overdose in 2014.

00:00 Welcome and Introductions

00:37 Chris Hill Background

01:10 Personal Addiction Journey

02:49 What Addiction Means

05:46 Physical vs Behavioural Addictions

08:24 Who Is Most Vulnerable

10:33 Environment and Youth Vaping

13:48 Education and Rewiring Solution

16:59 Separation Model Explained

22:13 Natural State and Breaking the Cycle

23:38 Book and Program Options

26:24 Support Community and Faith

28:01 Charity Links and Closing

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