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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