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The Role of Addiction in Narrowing Pleasure in Life
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30:18 - 36:56 (06:38)

Addiction narrows one's capacity to experience pleasure. People in recovery from addiction often hold hard-won wisdom that can benefit all of us in experiencing pleasure in small and big things life offers.

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The addiction culture in Silicon Valley and New York is highly rewarded, leading to a progressive narrowing of the things that bring pleasure to an individual.
30:18 - 31:17 (00:59)
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Addiction culture
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The addiction culture in Silicon Valley and New York is highly rewarded, leading to a progressive narrowing of the things that bring pleasure to an individual.

Chapter
The Role of Addiction in Narrowing Pleasure in Life
Episode
Dr. Anna Lembke: Understanding & Treating Addiction
Podcast
Huberman Lab
This episode discusses the adaptive ways to get your dopamine and how people who have been through addiction and recovery have a hard-won wisdom that can benefit us all.
31:17 - 33:45 (02:27)
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Dopamine
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This episode discusses the adaptive ways to get your dopamine and how people who have been through addiction and recovery have a hard-won wisdom that can benefit us all.

Chapter
The Role of Addiction in Narrowing Pleasure in Life
Episode
Dr. Anna Lembke: Understanding & Treating Addiction
Podcast
Huberman Lab
The speaker discusses the importance of finding balance between having fun and being a hard-driving person to avoid tipping the balance to the side of pain due to dopamine deficit state caused by overindulgence.
33:45 - 36:56 (03:10)
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Finding Balance
Summary

The speaker discusses the importance of finding balance between having fun and being a hard-driving person to avoid tipping the balance to the side of pain due to dopamine deficit state caused by overindulgence.

Chapter
The Role of Addiction in Narrowing Pleasure in Life
Episode
Dr. Anna Lembke: Understanding & Treating Addiction
Podcast
Huberman Lab