Dopamine & The Porn Addicted Brain w/ Dr. Anna Lembke - Ep 119

Grab a copy of Dr. Lembke's NY Times Best Selling Book, Dopamine Nation - https://amzn.to/37G14FH

 

Dr. Anna Lembke is professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations, has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, keeps an active speaking calendar, and maintains a thriving clinical practice.

 

In this episode, Frank and Dr. Lembke discuss:

- Why porn & sex addiction still remains to be a taboo discussion even though its as prevelant as it is in today's world

 

- What is dopamine and what are the positive uses and benefits of it

 

- The pain/pleasure balance and how dopamine plays a role in both

 

- What telling the truth does to our neurochemistry

 

- What role prayer and God play in a successful addiction recovery

 

- And so much more

 

It was such an honor to speak with Dr. Lembke who we recognize here as one of the world's leading authorities on understanding the brain and the role dopamine plays in addiction. 

 

Connect with Dr. Lembke:

Dopamine Nation - https://amzn.to/37G14FH

 

Website - https://www.annalembke.com/

 

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