Book HackUnbroken BrainBy Maia Szalavitz
In a Nutshell
Award-winning author and former heroin addict Maia Szalavitz tackles the nature of addiction, how it takes hold of the brain, and why we are failing to effectively treat it.
Favorite Quote
Big Pharma, Big Food, Big Tobacco, Big Alcohol, and Big Business in general all seem to intimately understand addiction and how to manipulate it. However, most of the American public—including most people with drug problems and their families—do not.
Maia Szalavitz
Introduction
We need to rethink addiction.
Addiction is not a crime, a brain disease, or a personality type, and yet these beliefs and misconceptions are still common, particularly in the U.S.
In her bestselling 2016 book, Unbroken Brain, award-winning author and former heroin addict Maia Szalavitz provides essential insight into addiction.
Through scientific research and historical analysis, Szalavitz unpacks what we’re getting so wrong about addiction – from our understanding to our treatments – and how we can get on the right track.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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