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I help high achievers overcome addiction, regain control of their lives & recover lost dreams, hopes, relationships & health.

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02/09/2025

Rock your recovery. 🎸💥
This month, we celebrate strength, freedom, and every comeback story.

🤘🏻

21/06/2025

Let’s get real about addiction—no shame, just science and soul.

💥 Addiction isn’t a moral failure. It’s a brain hijack.

Think of dopamine as your brain’s lead singer getting cranked to max on drugs and alcohol
But here’s the kicker:
The louder it gets, the more your brain stops singing on its own.

🎯 You’re not chasing a high.
You’re chasing your normal and it keeps slipping away.
It’s like a loop on repeat.

🚫 It’s not about willpower.
It’s wiring.

⚡️But wiring can be rewritten.
Neurons can fire a new rhythm.
You can take the mic back and sing a new song.

Recovery isn’t your Fade to Black.
It’s your Back in Black.

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18/06/2025

The Rockstar Brain: Wired for Greatness… and Risk 🎸🧠

Dopamine isn’t just the “pleasure” chemical.
It’s the drive chemical and the learning chemical.
It fuels vision, risk-taking, novelty, passion
All the traits that make rockstars, creatives, and visionaries magnetic.

But here’s the twist
The same dopamine system that drives genius…
also drives impulsivity.

🔥 High dopamine = high ideas, high energy, high drive
⚠️ But also: high sensitivity to rewards, high risk for addiction

That’s the double-edged sword of the rockstar brain.

You’re not broken.
You’re just wired differently.
More intensely.
More vulnerably.
More powerfully.

Addiction doesn’t happen in a vacuum...it happens where brilliance and pain collide.

When dopamine isn’t regulated by healthy structure, purpose, or meaning
it gets hijacked.
By substances.
By fame.
By chaos.

The goal isn’t to dim the fire.
It’s to channel it...with awareness, recovery, and purpose

Dr John Knox "the Rockstar Doc"

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02/06/2025

Welcome to the first pillar of RockStarDoc Recovery: Decode.
This is where recovery begins… in the brain 🧠

Addiction doesn’t just “happen.”
It hijacks your brain’s wiring.

Dopamine surges.
Circuits get rewired over time.
Motivation, memory, and impulse control spiral into chaos.

This isn’t weakness, a moral failure, or a flaw in character.
It’s biology.
And it’s exactly why willpower alone is never enough.

Recovery starts by decoding the brain’s altered pathways—
so we can initiate a true neurobiological reset 🔁

In the Decode phase, we focus on:
• Healing the reward system
• Calming overactive stress circuits
• Restoring sleep, focus, and natural drive
• Rebuilding brain chemistry with evidence-based care

Because when the brain begins to heal:
✨ Clarity returns
🔥 Cravings weaken
💪 And real change takes root

This is evidence-based. Science-backed. Soul-powered.
And it’s only the beginning.

We’ll keep diving deeper together. Stay tuned.

30/05/2025

Let’s get real about recovery.

Addiction memories have a long half-life—
etched deep into the brain’s reward circuits,
triggered by sights, sounds, stress… even silence.

Recovery demands more than abstinence.
It takes a radical rewire.
A full-throttle rebirth.
Not just healing…
but reinvention and resurrection.

This is recovery turned all the way up.

🧠 Neurobiological reset
🧠 Psychological repair
🤝 Social reconnection
🔥 Spiritual renewal

That’s the 4D path.
That’s RockStarDoc Recovery™.

Because the goal isn’t just sobriety—
It’s a sacred comeback.
Louder. Stronger. Freer than ever before.

As a medical doctor, board-certified addiction psychiatrist and recovery expert,
I’ve seen how deep the healing must go
and how powerful the comeback can be.

Over the next few months, we’ll take a deep dive into each of these core pillars
unpacking the truth about addiction, mental health, and how the brain heals.

Stay tuned.🔥

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04/05/2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

As a physician and addiction psychiatrist, I’ve seen firsthand how deeply mental health and substance use are connected—and how profoundly they affect individual and family lives. Behind every addiction is a story: of pain, of survival, of a soul doing its best to endure in a world that doesn’t always make space for healing.

Mental health isn’t just about diagnoses. It’s about how we carry the weight of our past, face our fears, fight our inner battles, and rise again. It’s time we stop treating it like an afterthought and start giving it the front-row seat it deserves.

This month, I challenge you to:
— Check in with your mind, your body, your soul
— Reach out with love to others, not judgment
— Replace silence with bold, honest conversation
— Stand up for real healing, real hope, and radical compassion
— Own your story—every scar, every comeback, every breakthrough
— Take one brave step toward the help, rest, or change you’ve been avoiding and know you need

Let’s honor the courage it takes to fight for your peace and well-being.
Let’s flip the script.
Let’s Rock the Day—and heal out loud.

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10/03/2025

Have you ever wondered what it really means to rock the day?

For me, it’s about living bold, unapologetic, and full of energy—pursuing life with passion, refusing to conform, and treating every moment like it’s a stage to shine on.

It’s about taking risks, chasing your dreams with relentless fire, and never settling for the ordinary, average or status quo.

Rocking the day is also about resilience—rising after every fall, owning your story and your voice, and finding the rhythm and the beat that drives you forward.

I’ve learned that rocking the day isn’t just about the big wins—it’s about showing up when it’s hard, staying true to yourself, and refusing to let the world define you.

Life’s too short to live on mute. Your dreams deserve a full-volume life—so crank it up, embrace every moment, and let the world hear what you’re made of.

Whether you’re a musician, an entrepreneur, a creator, or simply someone who wants to live life out loud, the rock the day mindset means showing up fully—every single day—and making it count. 🎸

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25/11/2024

One of my favorite songs by Evanescence is Broken Pieces Shine. I am reminded that there are treasures to be discovered in our broken pieces- our flaws and weaknesses, our heartbreaks, failures, setbacks and scars-they don’t define us, but they do shape us. Every part of us that has been broken can heal and is a reminder of our resilience, our growth, and the courage it takes to rise again and keep going when you feel knocked down. When we embrace our broken pieces we allow ourselves to heal, to learn, and to shine in ways we never imagined. Your story can bring hope, healing and encouragement to others. Your light and your purpose is not diminished by your past; it’s amplified by it. As one of my mentors says "it all had to happen" So today let the broken pieces of your story—your struggles, your imperfections, your setbacks—shine brightly. 🤘🏻

05/06/2023

“Your new life is going to cost you your old one.
It’s going to cost you your comfort zone and your sense of direction.
It’s going to cost you relationships and friends.
It’s going to cost you being liked and understood. It doesn’t matter.
The people who are meant for you are going to meet you on the other side. You’re going to build a new comfort zone around the things that actually move you forward.
Instead of being liked, you’re going to be loved. Instead of being understood, you’re going to be seen.
All you’re going to lose is what was built for a person you no longer are.”
Brianna Wiest, The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery

10/03/2023

Feel like you are struggling with the day-to-day. Try writing out a daily schedule. Keeping a structured routine can help keep you from getting off track and being tempted to fall back into old habits.

08/03/2023

We know the last few years have been hard on everyone, and according to samhsa.gov: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased drug use. Different drugs pose different dangers. Drug use can lead to dependence and addiction, injury and accidents, health problems, sleep issues, and more. Drug use affects you and those close to you. If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, know there is help!

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