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Psychology of Addiction (And How to Beat It Without Willpower)

This video explores the psychology behind addiction, starting with Robinson and Berridge's incentive sensitization theory and the research showing that dopamine fuels the chase, not the pleasure itself. We also look at Lee Robins' studies of Vietnam veterans who used heroin, which upended long-held assumptions about how addiction works.

You'll hear the four lies the addicted brain repeats over and over, plus four research-backed ways to break the cycle without relying on willpower, including studies on craving surfing in smokers and Judson Brewer's mindfulness research at Yale.

If you recognized yourself in any of this, you're not broken, and you're far from alone in lying awake answering that same bell.

Which of the four lies does your mind tell you most often? Share it in the comments, and be honest with yourself.

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Research referenced:
Robinson & Berridge (1993, and 30-year review) — incentive sensitization theory
Lee Robins et al. — Vietnam veteran heroin use and relapse follow-up study
2009 craving-surfing study on student smokers
Judson Brewer (Yale) — mindfulness-based smoking cessation trial