Addiction Science

This book is about addictions of all kinds. Addictions to smartphones, sex, games, social media, gambling, money, but most of all to alcohol and drugs. The words 'addict' and 'addiction' are loaded with baggage. Not just in Australia, but the world over, addicts are considered to be sub-human...

For decades addiction has been viewed and treated as a social and behavioral illness, afflicting people of "weak" character and "bad" moral fiber. However, recent breakthroughs in genetic technology have enabled doctors, for the first time, to correctly diagnose the disease and prove that addiction is an inherited, neuro-chemical disease originating in brain chemistry, determined by genetics, and triggered by stress. In their groundbreaking The Addiction Solution, David Kipper and Steven Whitney distill these exciting findings.

This addiction therapy course has been created with the goal of enabling its students to pursue a rewarding career as an addiction therapist, working to help those with 'traditional' addictions or other behaviours and negative lifestyle choices to overcome their afflictions with positive action. This addiction therapy course introduces students to the subject by concentrating on the nature of addiction itself. Students will understand basic human needs in relation to addiction and how therapists approach addiction.

Doctors Chuck Smith and Jason Hunt bring a unique and important perspective to the subject of addiction. Experts in the field, Smith and Hunt have personal, firsthand experience with the humiliation and shame that accompanies substance use disorder. But addiction, as they point out, is a disease, no less so than diabetes or heart disease, and it needs to be treated as such. If you, or a loved one, is struggling with addiction, you'll find help in Smith and Hunt's book. When one understands the science behind addiction, one can begin to move forward. Beyond the stigma lies hope.

When high speed Internet became widely available a few years ago, growing numbers of people began to worry that their porn use was running out of control. Far from preparing them for fulfilling relationships, viewing an endless stream of porn videos led to unexpected symptoms.

"This book is about taking the head off an evil witch." With these words, Marion Woodman begins her spiral journey, a powerful and authoritative look at the psychology and attitudes of modern woman.

Addiction is not a moral failure. It’s a treatable brain condition—and recovery is possible when we stop relying on willpower alone and start using real science. In Healing the Addicted Brain, New York Times bestselling author and renowned addiction psychiatrist Dr. Harold C. Urschel...

Temptation has quickly turned into addiction. Penny Taylor fell hard for the sexy, mysterious, exciting, and dangerous Professor Hunter. But scandalous affairs are meant to go down in flames. Now that he's not speaking to her, she feels numb. And what hurts the most is that he appears to be completely fine. As she struggles to accept that their relationship is really over, her best friend's crude advice is in the back of her mind - the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else.

“A compelling call for further research into the potential of ibogaine therapy”—Kirkus Reviews Explores how ibogaine works, including how it boosts cellular function, increases neuroplasticity, and interrupts habitual behavior patterns and trauma Discusses the ritual roots of iboga...

Addiction by Design takes listeners into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward.

It started innocently enough. Beautiful Harper gave Sean those eyes...those eyes that meant, yes, take me. But Harper didn’t know Sean’s secrets.... She didn’t know that he liked it rough. More than rough. He liked to dominate. To punish. To degrade. It was the only way that the black hole in his soul wouldn’t swallow him up.

An eye-opening and hard-hitting work, When Religion is an Addiction not only puts the political activities of the right-wing in a new perspective, but explains how liberal responses have often enabled religious addiction to thrive. Dr. Minor applies contemporary understandings of addictions to the extreme Christian right-wing in the United States and concludes that for them religion is functioning as a process addiction. Crucial to the addictiveness of such religion is its obsession with human depravity, the ultimate expression of low self-worth.

When Dex “Double Dee” Davidson was abandoned at the altar by the woman he loved, he threw himself into his military career, training hard enough to get accepted into the elite Black Ops unit known as HOT. The love he felt for Annabelle Quinn burned to ashes in the face of her betrayal - so, when she crashes back into his life and begs him to save her, he has no problem laughing in her face.

This is a book for those who have longed to break the porn addiction cycle as well as for those who are in relationships with individuals struggling with porn addiction. This book is based on evidence and is written by a health psychology professional.

Addiction is costly on many levels to the individuals affected, their families, and society as a whole, but science may soon be able to offer treatment options to make the road to recovery a little smoother. First, we investigate why and how people succumb to a veritable prison of the mind as sections one and two delve respectively into the psychology and the neurochemistry behind addiction. Subsequent sections break out addictive substances individually: recreational drugs, prescription drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. Finally, section seven examines new avenues for overcoming addiction.

This book is the ultimate guide to achieve the quality of life you deserve and break the sex addiction cycle for good. This is a book for those who have longed to break the sex addiction cycle as well as for those who are in relationships with individuals struggling with sex addiction. This book is based on evidence and is written by a health psychology professional. By learning to work through the causes and utilize evidence-based tools, you will feel more centered, more joyous, more confident, and cope better with emotions and life's stressors.

The Art of Addiction combines cutting-edge neuroscience with powerful subconscious reprogramming to help you quit smoking—and other harmful addictions—naturally, gently, and for good.

You don’t have a broken brain—you have an ancient one. In this practical, no-fluff audiobook, neuroscience meets real life with 50 micro-actions that take five minutes or less. Each trick is designed to work *with* your brain’s evolutionary wiring, not against it. Learn the 60-second move...

The author is driven to understand alcoholism and draws out a complicated portrait of the various aspects of addiction by interviewing and following the progress of alcoholics. Areas that are studied are early warning signs and symptoms of the pre-alcoholic, the prodromal phase, and the chronic phase. The medical, psychological, and sociological areas of alcoholism are visited through the experts.

Author Michael Pollan digs through decades of research and plays human guinea pig to illustrate the potential of psychedelics to alter the mind. Please note: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. If you'd like to purchase the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.