I am a licensed chemical dependency counselor in Texas and just want y'all to know that I show this video to my clients and their family members all the time. Thank you so much! You've helped more people than you know!!!
I love your style. It’s biology. Not a weakness of character. It’s not just Behavioral. I work in East Texas. We are severely oudated in perspectives and treatment for those suffering from SUDs
@@backyardbeautybrainsbirdsb4109 I’m in an area that needs education, as well. I suppose most of the country does…I can’t believe more people aren’t aware of this. I will definitely be using it in my work, with credit to the researchers.
Thank you for doing what you do. I share all of Dr. Labor's work with my groups for families too. She's the best, isn't she! Perhaps your families would find success with my active listening approach to their loved ones too. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cnhupByVZew.html
Brilliant explanation of the science of addiction and how us addicts can't "just stop". Every addict and family member who's been affected by addiction should watch this informative video!
I have a family history of addiction. I discovered this video at a moment in my life where my weed and alcohol consumption was getting to be excessive. After seeing this, i made the proper lifestyle adjustments to maintain a healthy brain. Thank you for your work. And thank you to whoever uploaded this.
Thanks so much. I share all your work with the families in my group who need to understand this disease to stop the stigma. We pray that these families can understand this so they don't shame or should their loved ones.
Knowledge is power! The brain studies saved my life because I finally stopped beating myself up and punishing myself for addiction. Now I understand WHY addiction doesn’t make you a bad person. I heard that it doesn’t, but I also heard contradictory things in treatment, about some addictions being purely psychological and character defects, etc. Some people think we will use the science as an “excuse,” but for me, the opposite was true. My guilt was paralyzing. The truth was healing. I also felt hopeless before seeing this. Now I know the brain will repair, with time. And I know why I can’t just do “a little” of a substance, now and then. At this point, you couldn’t pay me to set my healing time back. Things are better than I ever thought they’d be again, in my head!
Me too. The more I educate myself on addiction, the more I confront my addictions. It helps so much bc facts help take away the stigma around addiction and mental health.
Absolutely brilliant!! I work with families affected by a loved one's addiction and this probably the best explanation of the disease that I've heard - combining the medical facts with the behaviorial aspects of the disease. Thank you! I trust you will be agreeable to me sharing this video to those that need to understand.
Whenever someone told me to "just stop, it's not that hard" or "you're going to have to just toughen up" back in the bad old days (over 10 years ago), I'd always just think to myself "I wish you were right"... I needed a LOT of support, discipline, self examination, listening to the experiences of those who had gotten clean, worked with clinicians. A multifaceted approach seems to be mandatory for long term sobriety, I have seen this in my personal experience and that of my peers. Sometimes it was hard, the first 6 months of my life clean was easily the worst period of my life, but I can say unequivocally it IS worth it. Back in the day I would have never thought I could get clean, let alone be happy being so. If you're struggling, thinking about getting clean or just needing a chat feel free to shoot me a message.
In august my partner and I separated and I been very depressed since . In September I started to learn guitar to help cope with depression and quit weed at that time since I was focus on learning something new and I relapsed 5 times between sept and today and I feel I lost my motivation in learning guitar it was something always wanted to do since all my relapses in last few months I notice it killed my motivation to keep learning guitar it was a way to help me stay off weed also . I feel when I was off weed in sept I was so excited about guitar I even had a teacher and all had so much energy and the minute I started smoking again I feel so lazy and unmotivated to do anything and my depression makes it worse and I can’t seem to want to do nothing I don’t know how to cope with this or deal with this I been a weed smoker for 24 years I’m 41 now and really want to stop weed . Years ago I could do anything on weed accomplish all my goals but now I find it’s doing the opposite killing all my motivation and making everything worse I barley see anyone anymore I’m so stuck into a world of weed it’s not fun anymore I feel lonely and pushed many people away and all the excuses to get high help how do I get my motivation back to learn music and to get back to living life . I’m on day 1 of quitting I hope this time I can stay off and not have any triggers to start again . I’m feeling desperate it’s not easy to stay off long term how do I deal with this help
Great presentation , as a former addict of 17 yrs in and out of treatments, jails and hospitals I agree with the science presented here, one does need medication, spirituality and support systems to get the brain back on track however long periods of sobriety using this method I always found myself back into addiction.. Until I called on Jesus that is!! I am writing this to tell everyone that Jesus is the truth and works miracles, when I was saved my brain was supernaturally changed and the chains of addiction broken for good.. I really wish someone could have studied it as it happened so the whole world new Jesus is God!! But all I can give you is my testimony 🙌 God bless everyone out there who is still battling addiction.. call on the name of Jesus and believe with all your heart that he died on the Cross and rose again with our freedom in hand .. He did it all for us because he loves us❤️Gods saving Grace through faith 🙌
That was a great explanation of addiction. My question is…..Is it genetics or environment or the combo that decides if one is prone to addiction more than another. This area is the most baffling to me.
How does sugar/food fit into this concept when it comes to a drug that causes dopamine spikes? I was on oxycodone/narcotics for 22 years for chronic pain secondary to Ehlers Danlos Syndrome hyper mobility type. I’m almost 7 months narcotics free and having a real tough time with food/sugar addiction. I don’t drink, smoke, and I’m paleo- keto in my way of eating. I only feel pleasure from food. LARGE amounts of food. And even that pleasure isn’t all that much because I’m so uncomfortably full an lethargic afterwards. That large quantity of food/sugar also increases my pain levels. I’m on LDN the past 3 weeks. Still struggling. Any suggestions? I would try behavioral therapy but I can’t find a competent therapist.
Honestly, I would look for therapists who are extremely well versed in the world of eating disorders and inherited disorders. When it comes to things like this, open-minded and progressive psychologists are always the best. I'm sorry you couldn't find what you were looking for. How are you doing now?
@@OfTheCoast1234567 in doing much better 4 years later. Eating a carnivore diet, workout out hard every day, focusing on sleep, full spectrum sauna daily, and working on creating good habits have helped a lot
You are drawn to the food because you get dopamine from the food. Find something else like going for a run, cuddling with your spouse or pet, yoga. There are healthy ways to release dopamine other than things we ingest.
Great analysis, however the example given that you would always drink water over saving your family, I'd be sceptical. Reason being that in hunger strikes in northern Ireland " the troubles" men would refuse food until death for up to 70 days although constantly offered food throughout period. In other words the mens cortex overpowered their midbrain in this instance. Unusual scenario no doubt.
haha yes i thought i was ok not doing hard core drugs, just staying with Mary Jane ...but of course chronic stress lead me towards my downfall and nobody elses fault except my own decisions to not confront my fears and to this day my anxiety is bigger now than ever before.Gaming Smoking PORN and others such as tv and youtube and music even all lead my to my downfall because i cant deny the pleasure center in my brain
An excellent video! I just wish people knew about the power of Naltrexone for alcohol use disorder, since it eliminates the dopamine surge from drinking. So over time, taking Naltrexone before drinking diminishes and then eliminates the brain's addiction since it quashes the dopamine response to alcohol. Using Naltrexone this way is called the Sinclair Method, and unfortunately, it's little known despite it's phenomenally effective in actually extinguishing addiction to alcohol. Studies have found it to be more effective than AA.
I thought alcohol and cocaine and meth work on dopamine the most and the reason I loved heroin and mushrooms and acid and mdma best is because they also and mostly work on serotonin so why doesn't the doctor explain the vast differences in what different drugs do For example being addicted to Marijuana and Heroin are totally different lifestyles and I could stop smoking weed whenever I wanted to I did it at college and stopped for the entire 3 months of summer but Heroin is immediate physical misery withdraw so how can she say addiction is addiction is addiction I respectfully know that is wrong
The problem is that as you use any substance tolerance develops and at one point you move to the next option that always have to be more powerful as dopamine releaser
to me spirituality is just my own education of my own brain and body.... and understanding of my own psychology.... but the word spirituality means something different for every person... its completely vague and meaningless unless u specify what u mean when u use that word. if its such a super miracle thing that is the only thing that can over power the mid brain, i would really suggest u specify exactly what this superpower is.
People don’t take into account how much these 14-18 year olds are already addicted to the pre workout and the large amounts of caffeine in them, I took those everyday for 10 years n I felt like I couldn’t live without them or even function without them
That is a painfully simplistic view that is not supported by actual evidence, it is basically just a judgemental statement that shows your lack of knowledge on the subject.
This is a fairly scientific presentation but the science seems to fall off with the mention of "spirituality". I am well aware that spirituality is not the same as religion. I am also aware that scientists have suggested the "God Spot" in the brain, again not directly describing religion. The end of this video, unfortunately in my opinion, seems to end with the cruel and agonizing treatment being for the sufferer to think him or herself well. I hears no scientific, biologic or neurochemical explanation for "spirituality". In real life I know so-called "recovering" addicts who live in an agony of desire with no end in sight. As a writer, I describe addiction as, "The body torturing the soul for a lifetime!" Physiological cures must be found!
2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. The Science part is good but God did not create us with an addictive mind.
We all at risk of developing addiction, we have to work hard at it and become tolerant. The rewarding chemical is dopamine, anything capable of releasing it will put us at risk.
