Category Archives: Sober living

The Connection Between Alcohol and Dopamine

Content About this article GABA Type B GPCRs in AUD FC mediation of AB Is moderate drinking heart-healthy? Alcohol and your mood: the highs and lows of drinking Early animal models have shown that injection of the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) in the ventricle or in other brain regions destroys dopaminergic neurons. Transcription factors often form […]

Motivation Cognitive Dissonance, Self-Perception, Expectancy-Value

Van Veen, Krug, Schooler, and Carter (2009) investigated the neural mechanisms underlying such attitude change processes, using an experimental paradigm called induced compliance (Festinger & Carlsmith, 1959). While inside an fMRI scanner, participants were asked to tell yet-to-be-tested participants outside the room that they enjoyed performing the boring task in the uncomfortable scanner environment. In […]

Celebrate Recovery Official A podcast on Spotify for Creators

Those walls in recovery can keep us from working the recovery process. What are some things to be mindful of as we explore breaking down the walls toward healing and change? We read the Serenity Prayer ever week but sometimes we can lose sight of what it is we are actually reciting. This week, Rodney […]