DiscoverSober LivingEpisode 276: Sports Betting + Tech Addiction with Carl Erik Fisher
Episode 276: Sports Betting + Tech Addiction with Carl Erik Fisher

Episode 276: Sports Betting + Tech Addiction with Carl Erik Fisher

Update: 2025-06-06
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Tawny and Lisa talk with Carl Erik Fisher, an addiction physician, bioethicist, person in recovery, and author of The Urge: Our History of Addiction. Carl recently wrote a powerful essay, The Price We Pay Betting on Sports, for The New York Times. They talk about sports betting, how it’s changed with 24/7 online availability and cultural normalization, as well as the associated risks and ways to address them.

 

Music Minute features audiobooks, EPIC: The Musical, and The Odyssey 

 

Check out Carl’s Substack newsletter, Rat Park.

 

Find all things Carl at carlerikfisher.com

 

Check Carl out on Instagram and other socials @DrCarlErik   

 

Order The Sobriety Deck 

 

Listen to The Sobriety Deck Playlist by Hannah Gardner

 

Order Tawny’s book, DRY HUMPING: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze

 

Subscribe to Tawny's newsletter, "Beyond Liquid Courage"

 

Order Tawny’s new NA drink, (parentheses)

 

Purchase Lisa’s memoir, Girl Walks Out of a Bar   

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Episode 276: Sports Betting + Tech Addiction with Carl Erik Fisher

Episode 276: Sports Betting + Tech Addiction with Carl Erik Fisher

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