HOUSTON THERAPY

Addiction is a chronic and relapsing psychiatric disorder affecting a large number of people worldwide. Ample evidence from basic and clinical neuroscience has demonstrated that addiction is a brain disease marked by compulsive substance use despite a host of negative consequences. Neuroscience has discovered several neural circuits underlying the behavioral expression of tolerance, craving, and withdrawal, which are critical constructs to understanding vulnerability to relap

This post is a heavily edited version of a paper I wrote in school. I think these concepts are helpful for many people, so I hope I was...