Summary of Dr. Harold C. Urschel, III's Healing the Addicted Brain

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#1 The success rate for addiction treatment is currently only 20 to 30 percent. That means that 70 to 80 percent of the participants in any given addiction treatment program will not be successful.

#2 Addiction is a serious brain disease that has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. The shocking statistics say it all: 45-year-old Simon, a high-level chemist at a Dallas-based manufacturer, was referred to me by a drug court judge when he was charged with his second DWI and facing a ten-year prison sentence. His life was in shambles.

#3 The two main myths about addiction are that it is a personality disease, and that it is untreatable. However, these two fallacies have put a stranglehold on the development of effective new therapies for addiction for years.

#4 The current ways of treating addiction are failing. We need a new approach that will do for the treatment of addiction what insulin did for diabetes, Prozac did for depression, and Viagra did for erectile dysfunction.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822505988

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Insights on Dr. Harold C. Urschel, III's Healing the Addicted Brain

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The success rate for addiction treatment is currently only 20 to 30 percent. That means that 70 to 80 percent of the participants in any given addiction treatment program will not be successful.

#2

Addiction is a serious brain disease that has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. The shocking statistics say it all: 45-year-old Simon, a high-level chemist at a Dallas-based manufacturer, was referred to me by a drug court judge when he was charged with his second DWI and facing a ten-year prison sentence. His life was in shambles.

#3

The two main myths about addiction are that it is a personality disease, and that it is untreatable. However, these two fallacies have put a stranglehold on the development of effective new therapies for addiction for years.

#4

The current ways of treating addiction are failing. We need a new approach that will do for the treatment of addiction what insulin did for diabetes, Prozac did for depression, and Viagra did for erectile dysfunction.

#5

There are certain risk factors that make one person more susceptible to addiction than another. These include genetics, emotional state, psychological factors, social and cultural factors, and age.

#6

The brain, when functioning properly, is able to process information and make decisions. When it is damaged from alcohol or drug use, it can become difficult for the person to understand why getting blitzed all the time is dangerous and why they should pay attention to things like work, family, and health.

#7

The brain’s communication system is very complex, and it depends on the right kinds and amounts of chemical messengers being secreted by the speaking cells at the right times. If any of these things goes wrong, the brain’s communication system can be disrupted.

#8

The brain is highly complex, and alcohol damages it, throwing a wrench in the brain’s internal communications. It is difficult for an alcoholic to ignore the bad messages and hear the good ones.

#9

The disease of addiction damages the brain, just as the disease of hypertension damages the arteries and the disease of diabetes damages the kidneys. The I’ve got to have it! messages fade with time, and the brain does repair itself. But it takes a long time to restore it to its original, sober state.

#10

The brain is damaged by alcohol, just like it is damaged by other chronic diseases. The pictures above show some of the