In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Anna Lembke, MD, Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine.

We discuss how dopamine drives reward, motivation and addictive behaviors. Dr. Lembke explains the concept of the pleasure-pain balance of dopamine and how this cycle plays a key role in the development and persistence of addiction. We also discuss some of the challenges of addiction recovery, including withdrawal, relapses and the potential benefits of psychedelic-assisted therapy.

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Dr. Anna Lembke
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Anna Lembke
00:00:15 Dopamine, Reward & Movement
00:01:54 Baseline Dopamine; Genetics, Temperament & Addiction
00:05:24 Addiction, Modern Life & Boredom
00:07:18 Pleasure-Pain Balance, Dopamine, Addiction
00:12:39 Resetting Dopamine, Substance or Behavior Recovery, Tool: 30-Day Abstinence
00:14:26 Relapse, Addiction, Reflexive Behavior, Empathy
00:18:39 Triggers, Relapse, Dopamine
00:21:37 Shame, Truth Telling & Recovery
00:23:58 Addiction, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, Psilocybin, MDMA
00:29:01 Social Media & Addiction, Tool: Intentionality

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