Addiction and the Brain - drug or alcohol abuse is a disease.

Tim Brunson, PhD, talks about how the brain works regarding addictions (alcohol, drug addiction). Why does your brain respond to repeated behavior? How can you use suggestion and imagination to create an alternate reward instead of alcohol, prescription or illegal drugs? Listen to this video on addictions and find answers!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• addictions
• alcohol
• alcoholic
• addicted to drugs
• prescription drug abuse
• addiction and the brain
• binge drinking

[TimBrunsonHypnosis]

Thanks for your comment. However, you may wish to update your neuroanatomy knowledge. What you mentioned has not been taught for a few decades. Specifically, the information I presented builds upon the fact that all neural substrates contain stem cells, which when stimulated increase the number of neurons in that substrate. As the length of my reply is limited, Google me and use one of my comment forms to contact me for further information if necessary. I can provide references and more info.

[xXvolhvXx]

Why do people pretend that alcohol is not a drug? just because it's not illegal? Alcohol is not the only legal high.

[TimBrunsonHypnosis]

@xXvolhvXx Interesting point. I don't think there are any clinicians that would disagree with you.

[lifeinforwardmotion]

Please read Healing the Addicted brain. Please!!

[TimBrunsonHypnosis]

@lifeinforwardmotion I believe I have already read it.

[PikkuUikku]

what is meant by 2:45 by "the repeated use of an addicted substance will cause the associated brain cells in those networks to multiply". According to my neuroanatomy knowledge brain cells do not multiply. I think the explanation is simplified too much. - "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"

[MadKayCJ]

This video is very frustrating and absolutely full of it. Should be ashamed to post this. Everyone wants a miracle cure for addiction, especially the addicts. Addiction isn't only about "repeated behavior" or simply "finding an alternate reward instead of alcohol drugs" blah blah. If that's the case every addict would see it everyday when they look at friends and family. You know nothing of true addiction.

[Archiesview]

Addiction is NOT a disease. If it was a disease all you would need is the antidote to cure it. People drop into using drugs to solve their problems or to get a thrill, then because drugs are addictive by nature they get hooked. Nothing will break the addiction long term until the drugs are fully washed out of their system thus removing the cause. No medical model does this. Burying the problem under an hypnotic spell is probably crueler than using replacement drugs like Methadone. etc.