#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!
The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast
What's the Recovery Pathway to Abstinence?
There's two big camps that are here, and one of them you talk about at length in the book. So something like complete abstinence, compared to a camp of more meano moderation. How feel about those two different approaches? And is it that some people just really do require complete abstinence forever? Can some people moderate? Like, what does the recovery pathway look like, especially in regard to abstinence? Whether your goal is abstinence or your goal is moderation, the place to start is a period of abstinence long enough to allow those narrow adapt i gramlins to hop off the pain side of the balance so that bas line homeostasis can be restored.
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