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Podcast: Book Friends Forever
Episode: The Biology of Desire by Marc Lewis, PhD read by Brent Halfyard
Description: A renowned neuroscientist provides an âunorthodox but enlighteningâ (Wall Street Journal) narrative of how addiction happens in the brain, and what we can do to overcome it
Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientistâand former addict himselfâexplains why the disease model of addiction is wrong and how it obstructs the path to recovery. Combining intimate human examples with clearly rendered scientific explanations, The Biology of Desire is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.