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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!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

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The Balance of Pleasure and Pain

In his book, i describe the way that pleasure and pain inter relate with each other by using the extended metaphor of a balance. When we experience something pleasurable, the balance tips one way, and when we experience something painful, the balance tip in the opposite direction. The final biological principle is at the rule governing this balance: It has a very keen memory for those initial stimuli that produce pleasure or pain.

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