Memoirs of an addicted brain
Subtitle: a neuroscientist examines his former life on drugs
By: Marc Lewis
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Toronto]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780385669252; 9781921844607
Subjects: Drug use; Drug addicts; Biography; Neuroscientists; Drug addiction; Usage des drogues; Toxicomanes; Biographies; Neuroscientifiques; Toxicomanie; Drug abuse
Description: Marc Lewis describes his former experiences with drug addiction and his eventual healing from the perspective of his current position as a neuroscience researcher and professor of developmental psychology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: pt. ONE; title: THE TABOR CHRONICLES -- -- ch. 1; title: Changing state -- -- ch. 2; title: Giving up control -- -- ch. 3; title: Into the fire -- -- ch. 4; title: Dopamine and desire: A romantic interlude -- -- pt. TWO; title: LIFE AND DEATH IN CALIFORNIA -- -- ch. 5; title: Pulling out the stops -- -- ch. 6; title: Psychedelics, sex, and violence -- -- ch. 7; title: A psychedelic finale: Cops and angels -- -- ch. 8; title: Heroin, the Heap, and the sleep of the dead -- -- ch. 9; title: Getting down -- -- pt. THREE; title: GOING PLACES -- -- ch. 10; title: Travel broadens the mind -- -- ch. 11; title: Consciousness lost and found -- -- ch. 12; title: The opium fields -- -- pt. FOUR; title: IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH -- -- ch. 13; title: Night life in Rat Park -- -- ch. 14; title: Crime and punishment -- -- ch. 15; title: Healing.