Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs
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A neuroscientist's unique and fascinating journey into his own addiction--for readers of Oliver Sacks and Andrew Solomon Marc Lewis's relationship with drugs began in a New England boarding school where, as a bullied and homesick fifteen-year-old, he made brief escapes from reality by way of cough medicine, alcohol, and marijuana. In Berkeley, California, in its hippie heyday, he found methamphetamine and LSD and heroin; he sniffed nitrous oxide in Malaysia; and frequented Calcutta's opium dens. Ultimately, though, his journey took him where it takes most addicts: into a life of desperation, deception, and crime. But unlike most addicts, Lewis recovered to become a developmental psychologist and researcher in neuroscience. In Memoirs of an Addicted Brain, he applies his professional expertise to a study of his former self, using the story of his own journey through addiction to tell the universal story of addictions of every kind.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1610392337
ISBN13:9781610392334
Release Date:March 2013
Publisher:PublicAffairs
Length:336 Pages
Weight:0.97 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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