This then leads someone on the path for a search of an escape. These substances allow a false reality to take place, for that person. They alter a person’s mind, and let them believe, for a period of time, that all of their problems are nonexistent. That false "feel good" feeling makes a person want more and they, in turn, become addicted to this substance because it is, to them, the only thing that fixes the problems for them. “Addictive drugs provide a shortcut to the brain’s reward system by flooding the nucleus accumbens with dopamine. The hippocampus lays down memories of this rapid sense of satisfaction, and the amygdala creates a conditioned response to certain stimuli.” (Harvard Health Publication,
This then leads someone on the path for a search of an escape. These substances allow a false reality to take place, for that person. They alter a person’s mind, and let them believe, for a period of time, that all of their problems are nonexistent. That false "feel good" feeling makes a person want more and they, in turn, become addicted to this substance because it is, to them, the only thing that fixes the problems for them. “Addictive drugs provide a shortcut to the brain’s reward system by flooding the nucleus accumbens with dopamine. The hippocampus lays down memories of this rapid sense of satisfaction, and the amygdala creates a conditioned response to certain stimuli.” (Harvard Health Publication,