How Addiction Affects the BrainAddiction, Drug Information, RecoveryBy Beaches RecoveryJune 15, 2019 Addiction to drugs or alcohol is a particularly tricky disease to overcome. Not only does it cause a host of physical effects on the user but how addiction affects the brain is what makes it so destructive. When someone takes a substance such as drugs or alcohol they are altering the chemical composition of…
Advice About Treating Addiction and the BrainAddiction, Rehab BlogBy Beaches RecoveryAugust 1, 2017By now, it should be fairly clear that drug addiction has a profound effect on the brain. What isn’t quite so clear is just how that happens and what the specific effects might be. Addiction and the brain is not a new concept. However, it has only been in the last 10 years that doctors…
