Evolved Recovery

We're back with a new episode of the Evolved Recovery show discussing reward deficiency!  We've created a two-part podcast series with some of the points made in our recent presentation on reward deficiency at the Nutritional Therapy Conference.  In this first part, we discuss what the relationship between addicts and dopamine resistance is. We also explain why reward deficiency should matter to your recovery.   What is "Reward Deficiency?" In a previous podcast, we argued what the "Real Cause of Addiction" was. Our opinion was unlike the popular Huffington Post article by Johann Hari. He claims that lack of community is the real cause of addiction.  We politely disagree and here's why: 1. Genetic responsibility has to be addressed. 2. There are way too many variables to dump the real cause of addiction into a little box with the word "community" on it. 3. Addiction is a primary, chronic, and progressive mid-brain illness. The symptom