💡 Your cravings aren’t a character flaw — they’re a chemical signal. Here’s how to fix the root.
Welcome back to Strategic Recovery with Matt Finch — the place where strategy, spirit, and science unite to break the chains of addiction and unleash lasting transformation.
In our last episode, we explored how to build your personalized healing blueprint using 12 powerful assessments.
Today, we go even deeper — to the root cause that most recovery systems ignore: the biochemistry behind addiction.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything “right” but still can’t break free…
If you’ve ever said, “Why can’t I just get it together?”
Or if you wake up exhausted, anxious, unmotivated — and feel hijacked by cravings…
This episode is for you.
🧬 The Big Truth
Addiction is not a moral failing. It’s not a weakness. It’s not a spiritual defect.
“Addiction is not a choice that anybody makes; it’s not a moral failure. What it actually is: it’s a response to human suffering.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté
Your cravings aren’t random. They’re chemical. Logical. Predictable. And fixable.
When your brain is depleted of dopamine, serotonin, GABA, and endorphins…
…you don’t need more willpower.
You need neurochemical nourishment.
🔍 In this Episode, You’ll Discover:
✅ The 4 Mood Types Behind Addiction — and the brain chemistry driving each one
✅ Why alcohol, drugs, porn, and food “work” temporarily… but trap you long-term
✅ The #1 reason most people relapse, even when they’re highly motivated
✅ Why traditional recovery often fails without addressing biochemical repair
✅ How to heal the brain using amino acids, minerals, nutrition, and nervous system strategies
✅ How to feel normal, peaceful, and powerful — without the substances
🧠 THE 4 Mood Types Beyind Addiction
- Low Dopamine → Flat, foggy, bored. You chase stimulation.
- Low Serotonin → Anxious, obsessive, rigid. You crave control and calm.
- Low GABA → Wired, tired, panicked. You crave sedation and relief.
- Low Endorphins → Sensitive, lonely, raw. You crave connection and comfort.
Which one sounds most like you?
When we don’t know how to fix these imbalances naturally…
We reach for substances that provide a temporary high — and a long-term crash.
This is The Biochemical Trap:
You feel bad → you use → you feel better → but your baseline drops → so you need more.
💊 The 3 Pillars of Biochemical Repair
1. Amino Acids
Targeted nutrients like L-Tyrosine, 5-HTP, GABA, and DLPA rebuild neurotransmitter levels and restore motivation, mood, and calm.
2. Minerals & Food-Based Fuel
B-vitamins, magnesium, zinc, and protein are essential for brain repair.
Stable blood sugar reduces anxiety, cravings, and emotional crashes.
3. Lifestyle as Neurotherapy
Morning sunlight, daily movement, cold exposure, deep breathing, and restorative sleep aren’t just habits — they’re biochemical healing practices.
🔄 When Your Brain is Balanced…
You don’t wake up in a war with yourself.
You don’t feel hijacked by cravings.
You start to feel like… you again.
✨ Clarity returns.
⚡ Energy rises.
💖 Peace becomes your default.
You don’t chase recovery — you embody it.
🎯 Your Next Step…
→ Take the Mood Type Assessment to uncover your unique imbalance
→ Begin feeding your brain what it actually needs — and watch your freedom grow
🌱 Quote to Remember:
“You’re not failing recovery. Your recovery system is failing you — by ignoring the biochemical root.”
📌 Resources Mentioned
🧭 What’s Next?
In next week’s episode, we dive into The Emotional Root of Addiction — exploring what you’ve really been running from…
…and how to come home to yourself with compassion, courage, and clarity.
Until then — keep nourishing your system, honoring your healing, and remembering this:
💬 You’re not broken. You’re not too far gone. You just need the right inputs. And now… you have them.
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