Re: DECISIONS STRATEGIES (II)
Bernard,
An interesting series of articles.
In additonal to the neural model, I was told that if an alcoholic person
stops drinking at age 20 and then resumes at age 30 then their drinking will
quickly go to the level they would have drank had they not stopped for
those10yrs.
This model would suggest abstinence (and an effective abstinence strategy as
you suggest) as the only effective course of action for the alcoholic.
My question then is, if there is an on-going biochemical process occuring,
is it possible to install a strategy within the compulsive network that
effectively exits out into the away from decision strategy? (Thus allowing
'no drink' or 'moderate drinking')
Also, is it possible to install a prior decision making process (drink/no
drink) that has the same compulsive elements as the drinking decision making
process?
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>>The person had generally spent a whole life training his/her
>>neurons to perform a very efficient compulsion. So "destroying"
>>the old neuronal setting makes sense as being the only solution
>>to avoid the person getting back to their habit, if something
>>activates the old decision pattern. In fact the neuronal setting
>>will not be destroyed: we'll ask the person to do something, so
>>she/he will go *away* from the old pattern in spite of going *to*.
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Regards,
Dave.
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