My Brain Was Lying to Me: Why Will Power Can’t fix Addiction

What if the cravings were never a character flaw — just a misfiring survival signal? After three decades and twelve rehab attempts, a neuroscientist drew me a diagram that changed everything. This episode covers the real brain science of opioid addiction, why withdrawal feels like dying, what Sublocade did that nothing else could, and the village of people who refused to give up on me when I had given up on myself.