In the early days of my quest for a better way to treat addiction, one of the scientists helping me said the most valuable contribution I could make would be to come up with a definition of addiction that the different factions in the addiction industry could agree on. I thought he was joking. But as time went on, I…
Category: brain science
Driven. Not Dysfunctioned!
In the complex field of addiction research and treatment, there are two constants that have shaped the course of the $400 billion addiction industry and the one million+ people it employs for more than seven decades. The first is the belief that a dysregulation, or impairment, of the brain’s mesolimbic dopamine system leads to substance abuse and other addictions. The second…