More people than ever before see themselves as addicted to, or
recovering from, addiction, whether it be alcohol or drugs,
prescription meds, sex, gambling, porn, or the internet. But
despite the unprecedented attention, our understanding of addiction
is trapped in unfounded twentieth century ideas, addiction as a
crime or as brain disease, and in equally outdated treatment.
Challenging both the idea of the addict's "broken brain" and the
notion of a simple "addictive personality," Unbroken Brain offers a
radical and groundbreaking new perspective, arguing that addictions
are learning disorders and shows how seeing the condition this way
can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention and
policy. Like autistic traits, addictive behaviors fall on a
spectrum - and they can be a normal response to an extreme
situation. By illustrating what addiction is, and is not, the book
illustrates how timing, history, family, peers, culture and
chemicals come together to create both illness and recovery - and
why there is no "addictive personality" or single treatment that
works for all. Combining Maia's personal story with a distillation
of more than twenty-five years of science and research, Unbroken
Brain provides a paradigm-shifting approach to thinking about
addiction.
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