The way addiction works | Dr Andrew Huberman on Dopamine and Addiction

Speaker: Andrew Huberman
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Andrew Huberman is an American neuroscientist and associate professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine who has made many contributions to the brain development, brain plasticity, and neural regeneration and repair fields.

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[jillpurtan]

I am a stop drinking/overdrinking coach. Part of my curriculum is to teach the Pleasure/Pain Balance. I have found that when my clients understand the brain science behind drinking and addiction, the less guilt and shame they have about their drinking. This is critical information for them, because most overdrinkers believe that there is something morally wrong with them that they can’t stop or control their drinking. It isn’t a morality issue. Same holds true for addicts. It’s not a silver bullet and I’m not implying that it is… but it is essential information that paves a path of understanding that their brain is doing what it was designed to do, and that is to find behaviors that release dopamine, because the brain thinks that events which release dopamine are literally necessary for the survival of the species. The one fact that this part of the brain - (the primitive/reptilian part of our brain) - doesn’t understand is that alcohol can actually harm or even kill us if it is chronically overused. Once that is understood, we can move to an understanding about our Prefrontal Cortex and how we can use it to override our primitive brain’s desire to seek dopamine for survival.

[mokshalani]

When the Buddhist said that craving is suffering, this is exactly what they were talking about

[JORMUNGANDReyeS]

YES, Don't you know? We are designed this way. We don't rest on our laurels. We drive for more.

[hoodyk]

BUT WHY?, is it so we as creatures continue to go after something that releases dopamine, like beneficial food?