Popular culture has a tendency to make light of difficult situations like addiction. Addiction and substance abuse in particular are difficult subjects when it comes to Hollywood. Producers, actors, directors, and writers sometimes have a hard time walking the fine line between telling the real story and glamorizing ... Read More
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Nelson Mandela’s Granddaughter Tells Her Addiction Story
For some reason people think that those born into wealthy families or move up into celebrity status are not normal human beings. It’s as if wealth, privilege, and celebrity are going to somehow turn people into robots. These people are expected to be bullet proof and addiction proof. That is never going to happen ... Read More
Neuroscientist Finds Direct Link Between Stimulus-Response Learning and Addiction
Could Stimulus Response Learning and Addiction be Connected? We don't have to be told that we engage in activities that bring us pleasure because naturally we all do that. In addiction, the pleasure seeking activities involve alcohol and/or a drug that gets us high. When you ask a cocaine or heroin user about their ... Read More
