Essentials: Understanding & Treating Addiction
June 26, 2025 · 31 min · 11 chapters

Chapters
- 0:00Anna Lembke
- 0:15Dopamine, Reward & Movement
- 1:54Baseline Dopamine; Genetics, Temperament & Addiction
- 5:24Addiction, Modern Life & Boredom
- 7:21Pleasure-Pain Balance, Dopamine, Addiction
- 12:39Resetting Dopamine, Substance or Behavior Recovery, Tool: 30-Day Abstinence
- 14:26Relapse, Addiction, Reflexive Behavior, Empathy
- 18:39Triggers, Relapse, Dopamine
- 21:37Shame, Truth Telling & Recovery
- 23:58Addiction, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, Psilocybin, MDMA
- 29:01Social Media & Addiction, Tool: Intentionality
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