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#140 - Dr. Anna Lembke: Understanding Addictions, Dopamine & Motivation, The Path To Recovery, Pain & Pleasure Balance, Socially Acceptable Addictions, Radical Honesty, Opioids, CBD & THC, And More!

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Can Everyone Recover From Severe Addiction?

Gosha: Addiction is a biopsychosocial disease, people can and do recover. People in recovery from severe ediction are modern day prophets for the rest of us. But as with any disease, whether its addiction or its cancer or its depression, you know, some people with very severe forms will die of their diseaseand they will not ultimately be able to get well. The same thing happens with drugs all the time. Just as soon as you figure out how to stop using a certain drug, it sort of represents itself in a new packaging that says " hey, i'm good for you"

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