On this very personal episode of The Orphic, Alyssa shares her story of how she became addicted to adderall during graduate school, ultimately quitting the addiction in early 2022 to successfully finish her PhD without it. After grounding in, the episode begins with Alyssa and Mikayla discussing the recent PhD victory day (04:16). Alyssa then talks about her experience with shame around taking adderall (13:24) and the circumstances that led to extremely low confidence, spurring the addiction (28:15). At 41:36 she discusses how she finally realized this was an addiction during the pandemic, and the next few years of repeating unhealthy cycles. At 59:45 they talk about Alyssa's decision to stop taking adderall and the journey to recovery that followed. At 1:21:30, Alyssa shares how she turned things around after this difficult time to finally finish the PhD strong and sober. Don't forget to rate, subscribe, review and also find us on YouTube!Instagram:Alyssa: @interdimensional.astrophysicsMikayla: @mariposamoonchild

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