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Too much pleasure can lead to addiction. How to break the cycle and find balance

Life Kit

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Restoring Reward Pathways - Restoring Your Drug of Choice

The first month is crucial. Restoring reward pathways so that you remember what it feels like to enjoy more modest rewards, and then slowly reintegrate your drug of choice back into your life. I would never do this in somebody who is at risk for life threatening withdrawal from alcohol or bens s or opioids. There are clearly, you know, limits to this intervention. But in my experience, this is a very, very helpful intervention."

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