Meditation, particularly mindfulness-based practices, has been extensively studied for its role in treating addiction. By promoting awareness, emotional regulation, and changes in brain function, ...
How does addiction hijack the brain? Created with Sketch. The very fast and very intense flood of dopamine generated by taking a drug of abuse motivates repetition of the drug-taking. Under the ...
We all crave a sense of adventure and challenge especially those in addiction recovery. For addicts, the dopamine withdrawal from whatever drug of choice will leave them in a state of deprivation ...
Anna Lembke, addiction medicine expert and author of Dopamine Nation ... a study on the health impacts of a two-week social media detox on 31 young adults. “Excessive social media use can ...