Published online before print 2013, doi: 10.1530/EC-13-0028 Endocr Connect 2013 vol. 2 no. 3 R1-R14 Gavin P Vinson⇑ and Caroline H Brennan + Author Affiliations School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK Correspondence should be addressed to G P Vinson Email: [email protected] Next Section Abstract Substantial evidence […]
I have done it. I’ve been trying to kick the habit since 2011 and I’ve been on NoFap for about a year, and this is my longest streak so far! I’ve made great progress. Every day, I feel like I become a little more human and a little less of a monster who faps his […]
Appetite. 2015 Oct 16. pii: S0195-6663(15)30059-3. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.10.008. Watson P1, Wiers RW2, Hommel B3, Ridderinkhof KR4, de Wit S5. Abstract Adolescents and children are the targets of much food advertising, the majority of which is for unhealthy snacks. Although the effects of advertising on food preferences and consummatory behavior are well documented, our understanding of […]
BEFORE: I have suffered so much in my life, for over 3 decades of dysfunctional relationships, a stressed/dead marriage with lousy sex (mostly cause of me) ED, porn addiction and sex addiction. Intermixed with all that is anxiety and often panic and lots of anger and blame. My path is littered with self-help books, different […]
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Khemiri, Lotfi et al. European Neuropsychopharmacology Lotfi Khemiri, Pia Steensland, Joar Guterstam, Olof Beck, Arvid Carlsson, Johan Franck, Nitya Jayaram-Lindström DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.09.018 Article Outline 1. Introduction 2. Experimental Procedures 2.1. Participants 2.2. Study Design 2.3. Alcohol Craving Test Sessions 2.4. Clinical measures 2.5. Behavioral task of impulsivity 2.6. Statistical Analysis 3. Results 3.1. Participants 3.2. […]
Kristin Feltmann1,†, Ida Fredriksson1,†, Malin Wirf1, Björn Schilström2,3 and Pia Steensland1,* Article first published online: 14 OCT 2015 DOI: 10.1111/adb.12304 Abstract We recently established that the monoamine stabilizer (−)-OSU6162 (OSU6162) decreased voluntary alcohol-mediated behaviors, including alcohol intake and cue/priming-induced reinstatement, in long-term drinking rats, while blunting alcohol-induced dopamine output in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) of alcohol-naïve […]
More than 16 million adults in the U.S. have an alcohol-use disorder A scientific study has shown alcohol dependency can be treated by targeting the dopamine system. Gautam Naik Oct. 14, 2015 12:27 p.m. ET Scientists have shown that a drug that normalizes dopamine levels in the brain can reduce alcohol cravings in people dependent […]
I remember when I first got internet porn and thinking, “Oh shit, this is awesome!!” I was totally oblivious to the fact that it would have been much healthier to reign in the fapping and go out and try and get a girlfriend, or at least be doing something more productive like reading, writing, learning […]
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LINK James P. Herman, Ph.D., is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Stress is a critical component in the development, maintenance, and reinstatement of addictive behaviors, including alcohol use. This article reviews the current state of the literature on the brain’s stress response, focusing on the […]
The Darkness Within Individual Differences in Stress Wednesday, April 01, 2015 By: George F. Koob, Ph.D. Editor’s Note: Numerous factors make us react to situations differently: age, gender, education, relationships, socioeconomic status, environment, cultural background, life experience. But as our author describes, biological bases, such as the way genetics and neurochemicals affect our brains, are […]
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