: Lewis describes the emotional "why"—the loneliness of boarding school or the "electric sheen of attraction" provided by a dopamine surge.
Lewis uses his own life as a case study to illuminate universal truths about addiction: What's on Your Recovery Bookshelf? Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist ...
: He then zooms in on the orbitofrontal cortex , glutamate , and dopamine receptors , explaining how drugs hijack the very systems designed to help us seek rewards and soothe pain. Key Takeaways: Why the Brain Gets Stuck : Lewis describes the emotional "why"—the loneliness of
The Neural Feedback Loop: Reviewing "Memoirs of an Addicted Brain" and dopamine receptors