Today's guest is Ali Alqaraghuli, a NASA postdoctoral fellow who built 4 Steps to Hyperfocus — a simple, plug-and-play system designed for ADHD brains. Undiagnosed ADHD can increase substance abuse risk by up to 400% - - we expose why relying on willpower is a failed strategy for both disorders. Learn to ditch discipline and build powerful, external systems—your "external brain" to finally conquer time blindness, manage chronic misestimation, and regulate the dopamine deficits that sabotage your focus and sobriety. This is an engineer's practical blueprint for long-term executive function success. Bonus: rethinking the name as 'Executive Dysfunction & Dopamine Dysregulation Disorder'.
If you see yourself in this mix of ADHD, time blindness, and relying on willpower, you’re in the right place. Drop a takeaway you’re going to try, and send this to someone who needs a more compassionate, system-based way to stay sober.
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