February 01, 2021

Addiction Is Stront

10 minutes

This episode is talking about addiction.

What’s the definition of addiction?

An addiction is a chronic dysfunction of the brain system that involves reward, motivation, and memory. It’s about the way your body craves a substance or behavior, especially if it causes a compulsive or obsessive pursuit of “reward” and lack of concern over consequences.

Someone experiencing an addiction will:

be unable stay away from the substance or stop the addictive behavior

display a lack of self-control

have an increased desire for the substance or behavior

dismiss how their behavior may be causing problems

lack an emotional response

Over time, addictions can seriously interfere with your daily life.

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