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Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

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Is There a Disease in Addiction?

The addicted brain is a disease brain, and in the sense that this pathological change is in it. The more people are engaged in addictive behaviors, particularly with substances, the more damage the brain can become. If we understand that this is a diseasebrain, then we're not going to blame that person for the symptom that the behavior represents. People who are traumatized or hurt have a lot of emotional pain And when they have pain, they want to suit that pain.

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