comments_image Comments  Why Our Brains Are Prone to Addiction
-- A Neuroscientist Explains  Marc Lewis spent his youth
experimenting with every drug he could find. Once clean, he
became a neuroscientist experimenting with addicted brains.   •
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Brain may be the most original and illuminating addiction memoir
since Thomas De Quincey's seminal Confessions of an Opium Eater.
What makes it such a standout from the genre's overflow of self-
indulgent mediocrities isn’t merely its supple intelligence and
subtle style but the unique perspective of the author. From the
age of 15 until his recovery at 30, Marc Lewis spent most of his
waking life under the influence of every drug he could get his
hands on, developing an extreme addiction that cost him
everything but his life. Once clean, he found his vocation as a
neuroscientist, focusing on the drug-based brain changes driving
cravings and relapse.  Lewis’ twin expertise as a longtime
addict and a brain scie