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    Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
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    Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
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    Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction

    Written by Judith Grisel

    Narrated by Judith Grisel

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    About this audiobook

    From a renowned behavioral neuroscientist and recovered drug addict, an authoritative and accessible guide to understanding drug addiction: Clearly explained brain science and vivid personal stories reveal how addiction happens, show why specific drugs — from opioids to alcohol to coke and more — are so hard to kick, and illuminate the path to recovery for addicts, loved ones, caregivers, and crafters of public policy.

    Addiction is epidemic and catastrophic. With more than one in every five people over the age of 14 addicted, drug abuse has been called the most formidable health problem worldwide. If we are not victims ourselves, we all know someone struggling with the merciless compulsion to alter their experience by changing how their brain functions.

    Drawing on years of research — as well as personal experience as a recovered addict — researcher and professor Judy Grisel has reached a fundamental conclusion: for the addict, there will never be enough drugs. The brain's capacity to learn and adapt is seemingly infinite, allowing it to counteract any regular disruption, including that caused by drugs. What begins as a normal state punctuated by periods of being high transforms over time into a state of desperate craving that is only temporarily subdued by a fix, explaining why addicts are unable to live either with or without their drug. One by one, Grisel shows how different drugs act on the brain, the kind of experiential effects they generate, and the specific reasons why each is so hard to kick.

    Grisel's insights lead to a better understanding of the brain's critical contributions to addictive behavior and will help inform a more rational, coherent, and compassionate response to the epidemic in our homes and communities.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 19, 2019
    ISBN9781984841070
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    Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
    Author

    Judith Grisel

    Judith Grisel, PhD, is a professor of psychology at Bucknell University, and an internationally recognised behavioural neuroscientist with expertise in pharmacology and genetics whose research focuses on determining the root causes of drug addiction. Her recent research helps explain the different trajectories of alcohol abuse in men and women.

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    • 5/5
      A profound view of neuroscience and the epidemic of addiction with a frightening first hand account.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful! A great refresher for those who have studied neuroscience previously, and a digestible introduction for those who haven't.
    • 5/5
      This was very eye opening. Thank you for all of your efforts. Good luck on your journey.
    • 5/5
      This book is amazing. It dives just deep enough for anyone with an interest/slight background in pharmacology to fully understand, but doesn’t over complicate any descriptions. I’d highly recommend this to anyone interested in this topic.