The Thirteenth Step: Addiction in the Age of Brain Science

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

2. A GROCERY STORE THAT CLOSED

3. AN ENTITY IN ITS OWN RIGHT

4. A CHRONIC, RELAPSING DISORDER

5. MAN OR MACHINE?

6. HISTORIES, BRAINS, AND BEHAVIORS

7. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

8. THE DARK SIDE OF ADDICTION

9. RASH ACTIONS

10. TURNING ON A BRIGHT LIGHT

11. GETTING THE CUE

12. A STRAINED MIND

13. FATHERS AND SONS

14. MOLECULAR CULPRITS

15. TRICK OR TREATMENT

16. PLEASE BEHAVE

17. PILLS FOR ADDICTION ILLS

18. PRAY IF YOU WISH, BUT PLEASE TAKE YOUR MEDS FIRST

19. THE JOURNEY AHEAD