How Addiction Works In The Brain | Anna Lembke

On the dopamine balance in your brain...

An excerpt from my conversation with Anna Lembke.

✌🏼🌱 - Rich

[Lakshmi]

“Not to feel good but to feel normal.” Wow, what a great explanation.

[mxmdes]

This is the type of shorts that changed my life 8 months ago when I would skip anything else. Andrew Huberman helped me so much! Thanks for this one!

[firstmiddlelast]

Just finished her wonderful book, I quit adderal 1.5 months ago and now trying her recommended 30 day abstinence experiment for marijuana …I even tried a cold shower yesterday 🥶Her work is inspirational.

[nneddenn]

Her book is mind blowing. The most useful book I've read in my life

[yvnudue]

Dopamine. This explains why I am 15 years sober and I luv climbing mountains skiing steep runs and just doing things that give me “a hit”. Now it’s just healthy ones🤣

[sirlloyd]

Just swap out the word ‘chocolate’ for something like diazepam and that makes perfect sense….

[jessicaserrab]

Instagram addicted here ! 🙋🏻‍♀️ I’m on 9/30 day of completely absence. I’ll be back here to tell how it works. Spoiler: it being a crazy experience, lots of sensations, anxiety… depression. But I’ll keep it up. 🙌

[OKbryan]

This weird surprise, I'm kind experience. I

[christinemccormick]

Are they twins? How can they look anymore alike.. Sorry I enjoy the lecture but got sidetracked

[dalefoss]

This woman is too clinical!! Simplify it woman. Oh, and addiction isn't a disease.