Getting Your Attention Better With Your Intrinsic Motivations?

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i was sitting there, i thought, i i gave this talk. Do i think it's really important that people know this? Yes. Do i wish someone had told me when i went to my doctor when i was 17 and i was told, ow, this is just a problem in your brain? Absolutelywouldit have made my life better? Yes. If i get into that mode, interestingly, even if i'm winningi feel lik right? Because it's the it's not wh how would you describe why i mentionig why you think about trestor? Why do you think that is that we feel worse in that mode? You're bringing up so many interesting things that i

What causes addiction? Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream, travelled some 30,000 miles in search of an answer. He met with researchers and lawmakers, drug dealers and drug makers, those who were struggling with substance abuse and those who had recovered from it, and he came to the conclusion that our whole narrative about addiction is broken. "The opposite of addiction is not sobriety," he argues. "The opposite of addiction is connection." But first, we have to figure out what it really means to connect.