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The Addicted Brain: Why We Abuse Drugs, Alcohol, and Nicotine

Dedication Page

Acknowledgments

About the Author

1. What’s in This Book, and Why Should I Read It?

2. Hardwired: What Animals Tell Us About the Human Desire for Drugs

3. Feeling Good: The Brain’s Own Reward System

4. The ABCs of Drug Action in the Brain

5. The Dark Side Develops!

6. Why Are Drugs So Powerful?

7. The Brain Is Changed—For a Long Time!

8. Could I Become an Addict?

9. Stress, Social Status, and Drugs

10. Gambling, Sex, and Food

11. What Else Do Drugs Do to Me?

12. Women and Adolescents

13. Treatment: How Do I Get Better?

14. What Does the Future Hold?

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The Addicted Brain

Why We Abuse Drugs, Alcohol, and Nicotine

Michael Kuhar

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