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[Excerpted from Unchain Your Brain] I want to share a heartbreaking story with you. Chantal, 16, was hooked on booze, OxyContin, and the sleeping pill Ambien. She would drink and pop OxyContin all day long and would take five Ambien … Continue reading

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Many people like to believe that smoking marijuana is a harmless habit. Even some parents who find out their teenage children have been smoking pot feel a sense of relief that at least “it’s just pot. It’s not like it’s … Continue reading

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Excerpted from Unchain Your Brain: When Jacob was thirty-four, he and his wife were in a car accident that took her life and left him with a serious concussion. Now a grief-stricken single father with a rambunctious four-year-old, he couldn’t … Continue reading

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Brain SPECT images from the Amen Clinics will be featured on the Wednesday, November 17 episode of The Doctors, which will focus on addictions. Be sure to tune in. Click here to check your local listings: http://www.thedoctorstv.com/main/local_listings I’m really excited … Continue reading

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I saw a very inspiring comment on my Facebook page the other day. It came from Paul who said: “Dr. Amen, after watching you on PBS I ran out and bought ‘Change your Brain Change your Body.’ I read the … Continue reading

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