![]() ![]() In treatment she began to hear about how the brain is involved in drug and alcohol addiction, which led her back to college and into the field of neuroscience. ![]() But I was in the middle of nowhere, so I decided to stick it out,” she said. “When I saw the nurses, I was kind of backing out the door. Her parents convinced her to go to a treatment center, which was not at all like the “spa” she had expected. “He said, ‘You know I really just want you to be happy,’” she recalled. She had been out of contact with him and he offered to take her out to lunch. “I just seem to be one of those one in 10…that had an unlucky hand,” she said.Ī visit with her father was a turning point. Why did she get addicted? There are both biological factors and life experiences that lead to a substance abuse disorder, Grisel said. Her introduction to mind-altering substances happened when she first got drunk at age 13. The book opens with an account of her descent into addiction and homelessness. Her new book Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction is equal parts textbook and memoir. But, in her early twenties, she was a college dropout and daily drug user. ![]() She is a neuroscientist and professor of psychology at Bucknell University. Judy Grisel is in a unique position to appreciate both the challenges and the stakes involved in addiction research. Our understanding of how addiction plays out in the brain has increased dramatically in recent years. And opioid overdoses last year overtook car accidents as the leading cause of accidental deaths in the U.S. The CDC estimates that excessive alcohol use cost almost $250 billion in 2010. Government statistics suggest that one in 10 Americans is struggling with addiction. ![]()
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