Addictions and Recovery
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This blog is an outgrowth of a course that I taught at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN, entitled “The Biology of Addiction”. This course, was, in essence, a study of human biology through the lens of addictions. My developing this course was, in turn, a consequence of an incident that occurred while I was still drinking, in which I passed out on a busy street while riding my bicycle. Fortunately, I had fallen to the right, onto the sidewalk out of harm’s way, rather than to the left, onto a traffic lane where I could have been run over. Sometime after starting my recovery, I thought about that incident and concluded that I had been given an opportunity to move forward with a new mission. The answer, to me as an academic, was to offer a course on the biology of addiction for non-majors.
That sense of mission sustained me through the rest of my teaching career.
Now that I am retired, I still receive interesting information from agencies (such as the National Institutes of Health) and journals (Journal of the American Medical Association), so I would like to share this information with those who read this blog.
42. Medical students are particularly at risk for alcoholism and drug misuse
41. Kratom
40. Country music and alcohol: a marriage made in heaven
39. Biblical narratives on the consequences of alcohol misuse: PTSD, blackouts, incest, and possibly the death of responsible officials to carry out their duties
38. Are hallucinogens (psychedelics) addictive?
37. When a behavioral compulsion can be called an addiction. — III. Internet Gaming Disorder.
36. When a behavioral compulsion can be called an addiction. II. Internet Pornography.
35. When a behavioral compulsion can be called an addiction. I. An introduction to Internet-related addictions.
34. The use of psychoactive drugs during combat
33. The global opioid epidemic is being worsened by xylazine, AKA “tranq”, a contaminant often deliberately added to heroin and fentanyl
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