Ever wonder why the world of adults is not overrun with addicts?
September 30, 2014 Comments Off on Ever wonder why the world of adults is not overrun with addicts?Read moreBut although I got treatment, I quit at around the age when, according to large epidemiological studies, most people who have diagnosable addiction problems do so-without treatment. The early to mid-20s is also the period when the prefrontal cortex-the part of the brain responsible for good judgment and self-restraint-finally reaches maturity.
According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine, addiction is “a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry.”