Marc Lewis Collection 2 Books Set
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Marc Lewis Collection 2 Books Set Includes Titles In This Set:- The Biology of Desire, Memoirs of an Addicted Brain. Description:- The Biology of Desire: why addiction is not a disease The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease, based on evidence that brains change with drug use. But in The Biology of Desire, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that the disease model has become an obstacle to healing. Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs Marc Lewis's relationship with drugs began in a New England boarding school where, as a bullied and homesick fifteen-year-old, he made brief escapes from reality by way of cough medicine, alcohol, and marijuana. In Berkeley, California, in its hippie heyday, he found methamphetamine and LSD and heroin he sniffed nitrous oxide in Malaysia and frequented Calcutta's opium dens. Ultimately, though, his journey took him where it takes most addicts: into a life of desperation, deception, and crime.