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John Knox - The Rockstar Doc

I help high achievers overcome addiction, regain control of their lives & recover lost dreams, hopes, relationships & health.

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27/10/2025

🎸 Last night at The Fonda Theatre, rock and roll showed up for mental health awareness and su***de prevention in a big way.

This wasn’t just a show.
It was community.
It was hope amplified through music.
It was rock and roll standing with the fighters, the survivors, and the ones we’ve lost.

At one point, Billy Morrison stepped up to the mic to introduce a song and said something that hit everyone in the room:

“Tell your friends it’s okay to ask for help.
Some of the coolest m'fers on the planet have asked for help…
more than you realize.”
— Billy Morrison

No bs. No masks.
Just truth.

A massive thank you to the legendary artists who gave their time and talent to something bigger than the spotlight:
• Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour)
• Billy Idol
• Darryl “DMC” McDaniels (Run-DMC)
• Rick Springfield
• Sully Erna (Godsmack)
• Elliot Easton (The Cars)
• Steve Stevens
• Billy Morrison
• Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
• Josh Freese
• B-Real (Cypress Hill)
• Moby
• Billy Howerdel (A Perfect Circle)
• Matt McJunkins (A Perfect Circle)
• Gilby Clarke
• Marc LaBelle (Dirty Honey)
• Scott Shriner
• Fred Coury
• Jesse Hughes (Eagles of Death Metal)
• Donovan Leitch
• Franky Perez
• Erik Eldenius
• Paul Trudeau
• Derek Day
• Laura Mace
• Kitten Kuron
• Erica Canales

Mental health matters.
Hope is worth amplifying.

Grateful to everyone who showed up and stood for the cause.
Honored to be in the room where purpose, love and rock and roll collided.

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24/10/2025

Everyone deserves a comeback tour.
Your best song begins after alcohol and drugs. 🎸
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13/10/2025

🎸 The Next Chapter: Rockstar Brain Unplugged 🧠

I’ve been building something new — and it’s time to bring it to life.

Introducing Rockstar Brain Unplugged — my new Substack publication, podcast, and YouTube platform at the intersection of neuroscience, medicine, addiction, creativity, and transformation.

This isn’t about algorithms or trends.
It’s about truth, transformation, and helping people rewire their minds and rediscover purpose.

That’s where I’ll be posting most of my work moving forward —
live from Los Angeles, connected to those who are ready to think deeper, live louder, and grow stronger.

Follow the journey on Substack, and get ready for the podcast and YouTube drops coming soon.

Rewiring the world — one thought, one riff, one story at a time.
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Substack link: https://substack.com/?r=6nhf8r&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile

08/10/2025

🎸 The 4 R’s of RockStarDoc Recovery™

1️⃣ Rewire (Biological)
Addiction hijacks the brain’s reward and stress circuits. Recovery starts with rewiring through evidence-based treatment, neuroplasticity, and restoring balance to the body and brain.

2️⃣ Reset (Psychological)
Breaking free isn’t just detox — it’s renewing the mind, healing trauma, and rewriting your inner playlist through therapy, coaching, and mindset work.

3️⃣ Reconnect (Social)
Addiction isolates. Recovery reconnects. Real healing happens in community — surrounded by people who amplify your destiny, not drain it.

4️⃣ Rise (Spiritual)
Rock bottom isn’t the end. It’s your stage for a comeback. This is where faith, identity, and purpose collide — and your new life begins.

⚡️ I help rockstars, creatives and high performers — on stage and in life — recover, rebuild, rise, and rock.

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07/10/2025

🧠 MINDWIRED: The Brain’s Comeback Tour

Addiction rewires the brain — but recovery does too.
The same circuits that once chased chaos can be trained to chase clarity, purpose, and peace.
That’s neuroplasticity — your mind’s built-in soundcheck for a new life.

And sometimes, the right medication helps you get back on stage.
Not as a crutch.
But as part of the setlist for healing.
Buprenorphine, naltrexone, acamprosate — tools that stabilize the chemistry so you can rebuild the rhythm.

Recovery isn’t just about white-knuckling your way through withdrawal.
It’s about retraining the system.
Rebuilding dopamine balance.
Restoring the connection between your prefrontal cortex (the voice of reason) and your reward system (the voice of craving).

Every day you stay consistent, every boundary you hold, every dose of grace you allow —
You’re laying down new neural tracks.

This isn’t a relapse story.
It’s a comeback tour.
And your brain?
It’s headlining.

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29/09/2025

🚨 MindWired | Dopamine Hijack
Every hit, every pill, every drink isn’t just “fun” it’s chemistry.

Drugs and alcohol hijack your dopamine system , the reward circuit that fuels your drive, passion, and creativity. Instead of dopamine flowing from progress, purpose, or rocking the stage… it gets trapped chasing the next fix.

That’s why addiction feels like motivation on fire but directionless, you’re running at full speed, but the stage you’re running toward is empty.

👉 True recovery isn’t killing dopamine.
👉 It’s rewiring it back to purpose, vision, and freedom.
👉 Protect your reward system — it’s your brain’s amplifier.

🎸🔥 Rock the day 🤘🏻 with circuits wired for destiny, not destruction.

27/09/2025

🎸🔥 Addiction isn’t random.
It targets the same brain circuits that make someone creative, driven, and relentless.

That means the very wiring that once fueled destruction can be the same wiring that fuels greatness — once it’s redirected.

The same brain that was hijacked can be healed.
Neuroplasticity means change is possible — your story can be rewritten.

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20/09/2025

🚨 New Series Drop | MindWired | Rock the Day Edition
This is where we break down how drugs and alcohol don’t just change your mood—they rewire your brain. Every drop brings raw neuroscience + rockstar grit, showing how substances hijack your circuits… and how clarity and recovery rewrite the story.

MindWired | Alcohol
Alcohol doesn’t just blur your vision—it rewires your brain. Neuroscience shows us how: alcohol hijacks the prefrontal cortex (the part of your brain designed for judgment, planning, and self-control) and hands the mic to the limbic system—the emotional, impulsive part. That’s why a few too many drinks can turn clarity into chaos.

True freedom isn’t found in numbing your brain’s circuits; it’s found in lighting them up with purpose, focus, and clarity.

👉 Protect your prefrontal cortex—it’s the lead singer of your brain.
👉 Don’t let a temporary buzz rewrite your destiny.
👉 Rock the day with a sober mind and an unstoppable spirit. 🎸🔥

🤘🏻

02/09/2025

Rock your recovery. 🎸💥
This month, we celebrate strength, freedom, and every comeback story.

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21/06/2025

Let’s get real about addiction—no shame, just science and soul.

💥 Addiction isn’t a moral failure. It’s a brain hijack.

Think of dopamine as your brain’s lead singer getting cranked to max on drugs and alcohol
But here’s the kicker:
The louder it gets, the more your brain stops singing on its own.

🎯 You’re not chasing a high.
You’re chasing your normal and it keeps slipping away.
It’s like a loop on repeat.

🚫 It’s not about willpower.
It’s wiring.

⚡️But wiring can be rewritten.
Neurons can fire a new rhythm.
You can take the mic back and sing a new song.

Recovery isn’t your Fade to Black.
It’s your Back in Black.

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18/06/2025

The Rockstar Brain: Wired for Greatness… and Risk 🎸🧠

Dopamine isn’t just the “pleasure” chemical.
It’s the drive chemical and the learning chemical.
It fuels vision, risk-taking, novelty, passion
All the traits that make rockstars, creatives, and visionaries magnetic.

But here’s the twist
The same dopamine system that drives genius…
also drives impulsivity.

🔥 High dopamine = high ideas, high energy, high drive
⚠️ But also: high sensitivity to rewards, high risk for addiction

That’s the double-edged sword of the rockstar brain.

You’re not broken.
You’re just wired differently.
More intensely.
More vulnerably.
More powerfully.

Addiction doesn’t happen in a vacuum...it happens where brilliance and pain collide.

When dopamine isn’t regulated by healthy structure, purpose, or meaning
it gets hijacked.
By substances.
By fame.
By chaos.

The goal isn’t to dim the fire.
It’s to channel it...with awareness, recovery, and purpose

Dr John Knox "the Rockstar Doc"

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