
Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. | Whole Brain Living (Audiobook Excerpt)
You Can Heal Your Life ™
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How to Stop an Alcoholic Character From Using Again
In the moment i chose to disconnect and use again, your character one rationalizes that if you had just called me a little more often. Then your character too comes on line and you reproach yourself for my drinking. This type of dynamic happens regularly between an alcoholic and their friends and family. Based on what we now know about the brain as well as the four characters, it is safe to assume that the portion of our brain that is truly emotionally addicted and stays addicted to drugs or alcohol are the cells of our left and right emotional centres. What this means is that if a rehabilitation programme is go to succeed, both our characters two and three must be on board and committed to doing the emotional
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