The Anatomy of Addiction Quotes

“biological, psychological, social, and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors.”
― Akikur Mohammad, The Anatomy of Addiction: What Science and Research Tell Us About the True Causes, Best Preventive Techniques, and Most Successful Treatments

“Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social, and spiritual manifestations. These are reflected”
― Akikur Mohammad, The Anatomy of Addiction: What Science and Research Tell Us About the True Causes, Best Preventive Techniques, and Most Successful Treatments

“international research, regarding the disease of addiction is that emotional pain and stress—especially alienation, social exclusion, and emotional distancing—create actual neurological damage that increases the risk of alcoholism and addiction and the risk of never recovering. Stress has long been known to increase vulnerability to addiction. Research over the last decade has led”
― Akikur Mohammad, The Anatomy of Addiction: What Science and Research Tell Us About the True Causes, Best Preventive Techniques, and Most Successful Treatments

“effective treatment must help patients address, identify, and describe the personal meaning of their addiction. Are they self-medicating, filling up an inner emptiness, numbing feelings related to a trauma, or”
― Akikur Mohammad, The Anatomy of Addiction: What Science and Research Tell Us About the True Causes, Best Preventive Techniques, and Most Successful Treatments

“conjunction with CBT, there is another therapy valuable in treating addicts. Motivation enhancement therapy (MET) has been thoroughly researched in the field of substance misuse and has proven to be exceptionally effective at enhancing an individual’s motivation to make positive changes in behavior. Also, with”
― Akikur Mohammad, The Anatomy of Addiction: What Science and Research Tell Us About the True Causes, Best Preventive Techniques, and Most Successful Treatments

“of these cognitive behavioral therapies are based on the idea that our thoughts cause our feelings and behaviors, not external things like people, situations, or events. Even if a situation remains unchanged, how we respond to that situation can change. We can choose our response, making a conscious decision to respond”
― Akikur Mohammad, The Anatomy of Addiction: What Science and Research Tell Us About the True Causes, Best Preventive Techniques, and Most Successful Treatments

“chemically dependent people and those with mental disorders feel overwhelmed and helpless. They yearn for hope and a sense of empowerment in the face of debilitating disease. An important aspect of effective treatment includes empowering patients to see themselves in partnership with their physician, strengthening their physical, emotional, and mental health.”
― Akikur Mohammad, The Anatomy of Addiction: What Science and Research Tell Us About the True Causes, Best Preventive Techniques, and Most Successful Treatments

“Dependence on alcohol is linked to the interaction of alcohol with the brain’s stress system, which alcohol activates. The major component of the brain’s stress system is corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in the amygdala and related areas, which activates sympathetic and behavioral responses to stress.”
― Akikur Mohammad, The Anatomy of Addiction: What Science and Research Tell Us About the True Causes, Best Preventive Techniques, and Most Successful Treatments

“Addiction is characterized by the inability to consistently abstain, by impairment in behavioral control, by cravings, by diminished recognition of significant problems with one’s behaviors and interpersonal relationships, and by a dysfunctional emotional response. Like other chronic diseases, addiction often involves cycles of relapse and remission. Without treatment or engagement in recovery”
― Akikur Mohammad, The Anatomy of Addiction: What Science and Research Tell Us About the True Causes, Best Preventive Techniques, and Most Successful Treatments

“that addiction is a brain disease, the rehab industry continues to treat addiction as a moral failing and lack of willpower. It is abetted in this falsehood by an entrenched establishment that continues to preach its 12-step dogma, despite”
― Akikur Mohammad, The Anatomy of Addiction: What Science and Research Tell Us About the True Causes, Best Preventive Techniques, and Most Successful Treatments