About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 Defining Addiction; 2 A Brain Designed for Addiction; 3 When Craving Comes to Power; 4 The Tunnel of Attention; 5 Donna's Secret Identity; 6 Johnny Needs a Drink; 7 Nothing for Alice; 8 Biology, Biography, and Addiction; 9 Developing Beyond Addiction; Acknowledgements; Notes
Summary
Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the 'disease model' of addiction is wrong, and illuminates the path to recovery. The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease, based on evidence that brains change with drug use. But in The Biology of Desire, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease, and shows why the disease model has become an obstacle to healing. Lewis reveals addict
