Your (our) cravings -"a longing, a calling, a crushing pull" - are 2 things:
1. a deficit of dopamine in the brain (it takes years, if it even happens, to recover normal levels of dopamine in the brain) so your brain desires and seeks sources that will fix the deficit
2. Your inner child is longing, if not screaming, to have her basic needs of authenticity and attachment met (only therapy can help here).
Hello! recovering addict here.
Your (our) cravings -"a longing, a calling, a crushing pull" - are 2 things:
1. a deficit of dopamine in the brain (it takes years, if it even happens, to recover normal levels of dopamine in the brain) so your brain desires and seeks sources that will fix the deficit
2. Your inner child is longing, if not screaming, to have her basic needs of authenticity and attachment met (only therapy can help here).
Thank you for touching on this topic :)