John Makohen explains how chronic stress can quietly change sleep, judgment, impulse control, and the brain's search for relief. When distress becomes constant, alcohol, drugs, food, gambling, scrolling, or work can feel like fast solutions - and recovery must teach safety again.

Author and founder of Brain Body Recovery, Heather Dale, writes that understanding addiction is important—but insight alone may not be enough when the brain and body are still dysregulated.