The Root Cause of Addiction and How to Overcome It

Addictive substances such as drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, command our brain’s reward system and cause addiction. “Drugs are chemicals that affect the brain by tapping into its communication system and interfering with the way neurons normally send, receive and process information” as stated by National Institute on Drug Abuse. Therefore, drugs change functioning of the brain from its roots. If we look at the matter from a physiological point of view, the chemical content of drugs encourages the brain’s reward system. This is how dopamine floods the brain’s reward system, which is one of the most important brain neurotransmitter. Dopamine …read more