HR Ep 15 – The Disease of Addiction

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Show Notes:

Joseph Caravelle, MA, LADC – The Disease of Addication

  • AA Program defines addiction as having three distinct components:
    • The Allergy of the body.
      • Understanding the parts of the brain that are affected by this disease.
        • Limbic System – “Survival Brain”
        • Neocortex – “Thinking Brain”
        • NAc / Survival/reinforcement circuit – “Go” Circuit
        • Left Orbitofrontal Cortex – “Stop” Circuit
    • The obsession of the mind.
      • How a memory formed
      • How do certain chemicals present during the formation of a memory affect how these memories are imprinted
    • The Malady of the spirit.
      • How eventually we are left broken and what we need to move forward
  • Crossing the Invisible Line
  • Understanding addiction is a disease
    • Organ – Brain
    • Defect – The breakdown in communication between the NAc and the left orbitofrontal cortex
    • Symptoms – Chemical use despite consequences; the loss of control; tolerance and withdrawal; cravings

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