How Addiction Affects the BrainAddiction, Drug Information, RecoveryBy Beaches RecoveryJune 15, 2019Leave a comment 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, 2017Leave a commentBy 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…
