hurt,
i saw the hbo addiction series - i really was encouraged by it - especially that doctor that explained opiates - he explained it in a way that really made sense to me - the whole dopamine - opiate - brain thing - i found it to be hopeful - they accept people to their program without insurance or a specific timeline - he explained how everyone was different but that the brain can repair itself - and that there is so much research going on that eventually addiction will be a controllable disease...
i thougth that when he was talking about damage to the brain he was hopeful that now that they understand the whole, dopamine - opiate connection they can focus on replacing the dopamine until your body can make it for itself - makes sense to me - especially for long term addicts - just my opinion...
i found the whole addiction series incredibly well done, infomative, hopeful and entertaining - i never thougth i'd want to sit through hours or information regarding addiction - i can't wait to get the dvd and watch the three additional dvd's with information they didn't use in the televised series - just my experience with it all...
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