How alcohol addiction occurs: the brain 'learns' alcohol


By AGENCY
A new study suggests that brains are primed to ‘learn’ alcohol and the environment in which it is consumed. — TNS

Running into a former drinking buddy or passing a once-favourite bar can cause recovering alcoholics to relapse.

But the biology behind why those setbacks happen was a mystery to scientists until just recently.

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