Alterations in Striatal Circuits Underlying Addiction-Like Behaviors (2017)

Mol Cells. 2017 Jun 30; 40(6): 379–385. Published online 2017 Jul 12. doi:  10.14348/molcells.2017.0088 PMCID: PMC5523013 Hyun Jin Kim, Joo Han Lee, Kyunghwa Yun, and Joung-Hun Kim* Abstract Drug addiction is a severe psychiatric disorder characterized by the compulsive pursuit of drugs of abuse despite potential adverse consequences. Although several decades of studies have revealed […]

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Gaming disorder: Its delineation as an important condition for diagnosis, management, and prevention (2017)

J Behav Addict. 2017 Aug 17:1-9. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.039. Saunders JB1, Hao W2, Long J2, King DL3, Mann K4, Fauth-Bühler M4, Rumpf HJ5, Bowden-Jones H6, Rahimi-Movaghar A7, Chung T8, Chan E9, Bahar N10, Achab S11, Lee HK12, Potenza M13, Petry N14, Spritzer D15, Ambekar A16, Derevensky J17, Griffiths MD18, Pontes HM18, Kuss D18, Higuchi S19, Mihara […]

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Age 23 – Better memory, Easier to socialize, More calibrated sense of humour, Better relationships with friends & family, More confidence

After 5 years of trying, I have finally reached the magical day 90 that I had only ever dreamed of seeing. Today feels like a fresh day for me, I don’t feel like I’m completely rebooted yet, but I feel like I’ve reached a point where I can move on with my life and no […]

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Big improvement in erections & pleasure, Porn-induced fetishes no longer appealing, I truly want intimacy – for the first time

I’m three months clean. It sounds so weird saying in out loud. It both feels like a large achievement, and a small number. There is still a long way to go. Improvements I’ve noticed. Erections and pleasure incomparable 90 days ago and today. Significant, undeniable improvement. Return of morning wood (not always though, sometimes). Women […]

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I was a 32 year old infant with the social skills of a nervous 13 year-old, and now I’m a man

I have actively turned down sex one time and a blowjob one time. No, women aren’t constantly throwing themselves over me, but there seems to be some sort of passion/lust cycle going on or maybe it’s semen retention cycles / wet dream because some days has been pretty crazy in terms of female attention/eye contact […]

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