Welcome to Pocket Recovery, the podcast that flips the script on traditional recovery. Hosted by Vance Hansen, a licensed addiction counselor and trauma professional, this show strips away the cold, academic jargon to deliver a visceral, inside-out look at the biology of the hijack. If you have ever felt caught in the crossfire of your own nervous system—wondering why you keep repeating the very behaviors you swore you’d give up—I need you to hear me: You are not broken. You are hijacked. Addiction isn't a moral failing or a lack of willpower. It is an evolutionary design running on an exhausted neurochemical baseline, leaving your body trapped in chronic fight-or-flight and cortisol overload. This podcast is your ultimate guide to breaking that loop. Every episode, we deliver concrete, real-time tools to help you: Rewire Your Nervous System: Shift out of sympathetic survival mode and restore a true, felt sense of parasympathetic safety. Calm the Craving Loop: Understand the mechanics of dopamine, the hedonic setpoint, and how to stop the automatic danger response. Move from Reaction to Intention: Pull the electrical signals away from a reactive midbrain and reclaim the power of your prefrontal cortex. Stop trying to fight a biological takeover with thought patterns alone. Settle in, take a full breath, and let’s map the precise loop you need to finally feel comfortable in your own skin.