Unlearning Our Addictions
If addiction is unhealthy learning, then how do we “unlearn” our addictions? For article, “What if Addiction is Not a Disease and Your Brain is Not ‘Broken’?”
If addiction is unhealthy learning, then how do we “unlearn” our addictions? For article, “What if Addiction is Not a Disease and Your Brain is Not ‘Broken’?”
“If you want to call it a disease, the kind of disease it is is a learning disease.” Maia Szalavitz For article, “What if Addiction is Not a Disease and Your Brain is Not ‘Broken’?”
Your brain is not broken. Your addiction is not a disease. And yes, you can start your life over! ___ Last week I wrote a post “What if Addiction is Not a Disease and Your Brain is Not ‘Broken’?” If you have not had a chance to read this post, I suggest that you take … More 8 Ways to Unlearn Addiction and Build the Life You Want
I keep dragging around what’s bringing me down If I just let go, I’d be set free Holding on Why is everything so heavy? Linkin Park, “Heavy.” For article, “What if Addiction is Not a Disease and Your Brain is Not ‘Broken’?”
I keep dragging around what’s bringing me down If I just let go, I’d be set free Holding on Why is everything so heavy? Linkin Park, “Heavy.” • • • The idea that some brains are broken is a myth. Brains don’t become broken. Brains learn as we repeat our experiences and our decisions. Sometimes … More What if Addiction Is Not a Disease and Your Brain isn’t “Broken”?
Weight loss? Just saying the word sounds a little depressing. Who wants to invest so much energy and attention to lose something? Most of us spend our lives avoiding loss: we frantically search for misplaced keys, we are overjoyed when we find lost change in the crumby corners of the couch and we have … More Stop Losing Weight and Start Gaining a Life – Part One