What an addiction really is and how it affects our brain
A few days ago, I found a really interesting article about the biology of addiction. Every one of us knows what addiction is, but we don't actually know how addiction really works from the biological point of view. Article published on the official National Institutes of Health page helps to understand this strange disease. Addiction is a really dangerous brain disease, which affects many people nowadays. It often ruins their whole life, families, relationships, health and can cause death. The biggest problem with addiction is that it's so hard to quit. The biological basis of addiction explains why it is so difficult. It turns out that addiction isn't a moral problem like most of us think, it is a serious brain disease . Dr. George Koob, director of NIH’s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism says: “The brain actually changes with addiction, and it takes a good deal of work to get it back to its normal state. The more drugs or alcohol you’ve taken,...