Addiction, also called substance abuse or use, is a condition that causes you to physically need and seek out a substance or activity, despite evidence that it harms you.

When you have an addiction, you increasingly make decisions that are not in your best interest in the medium or long term to acquire more of a substance.

Before modern times, Substance Use didn't exist. Our brains are wired to seek and re-seek experiences that raise our dopamine. Nature fine-tuned our brains to want food, water, and sexual activity--all dopamine-increasing experiences necessary for survival.

Substance use is the product of modern life. Most addictive drugs are non-natural or human-enhanced compounds. They are artificial compounds that are highly potent and hijack our dopamine reward system--the system that exists to keep you alive!
‍At Integrative Psych, we work to create a safe, welcoming, and collaborative environment for our patients and families with substance use. We are addiction doctors specializing in addiction treatment for nearly a decade.
Our Addiction expert psychiatrists and therapists are trained at Columbia and Cornell Universities. We know that treatment of any addiction requires treatment of the whole person, including life stressors and other mental health conditions.

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