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Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction (2021)

The Next Big Idea

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The Importance of Honesty in Addiction

The doctor and the patient in this moment. Well, we don't all have the same dopamine reward systems because I tried romance novels and they didn't totally do it for me. But there must have been an interesting moment of recognition for you as you were reading a romance novel to in the morning, realizing like, what am I doing? The incontinence of our own desires produces a powerful shame reaction that makes it difficult to talk about.

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