The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease

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Liking, Wanting and the Incentive-Sensitization Theory of Addiction (2016, background): “…that some addicts may not regard themselves as diseased, incentives often still can influence drug use as though it were an ordinary choice, and because believing that one has a ‘brain disease’ could encourage a fatalistic acceptance of the condition (Hall, Carter, & Forlini, 2015; Lewis, 2015).”