Addiction & Recovery Research Institute

How to make stress your friend

Kelly McGonigal

The lecture following discusses how stress and anxiety are only harmful if viewed that way, and how reaching out for support during stressful times releases Oxytocin and how Oxytocin helps change our cardiovascular profile, heals our heart, and changes our health outcomes. This talk connects and validates the scientific reason that 12-Step programs are effective. NA’s mantra is hugs not drugs; Valley Hope has hug lines.