Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction

by Judith Grisel

An avid user from the start, I now was truly committed. My behavior became reckless and spiraled quickly toward a life that matched my ideas of existence in terms of heartless insanity.

An addict doesn’t drink coffee because she is tired; she is tired because she drinks coffee. Regular drinkers don’t have cocktails in order to relax after a rough day; their day is filled with tension and anxiety because they drink so much.