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    Screen capture from the BrainWeighve weight loss app.
    Eating Addiction

    Resisting Cravings: Lessons From the BrainWeighve App

    BrainWeighve puts decades of research into why kids overeat into a powerful weight loss app.

    Posted on Steve O'Keefe
    Photo of a slice of coconut cream pie on a white plate, meant to induce cravings.
    Addiction Treatment

    How To Resist Cravings

    Recent scientific research shows how to resist cravings and rebuild a reward system damaged by addiction.

    Posted on Steve O'Keefe
    Photograph of a woman showing signs of anxiety.
    Mental Health

    Anxiety and Addiction

    We look at several studies that examine the relationship between anxiety and addiction.

    Posted on Steve O'Keefe
    A woman crawling and wearing bandages all over her body like a mummy.
    Displacement

    What We Do to Ourselves

    It cannot be denied that our society has become very used to and quite comfortable with an extreme amount of self-damaging behavior.

    Posted on Pat Hartman
    Robot illustration visualizing the ToughLovePro Addiction Recovery Chatbot.
    Mental Health

    Test-Driving the ToughLovePro, AI-Powered Addiction Recovery Chatbot

    We took a new AI-powered addiction recovery chatbot for a test drive, and it’s pretty darn good.

    Posted on Steve O'Keefe
    Graphic of a triangle illustrating the three legs of the Collaborative Care Model for addiction treatment.
    Addiction Treatment

    The Collaborative Care Model for Addiction Treatment

    When addiction is treated with collaborative care involving a physician, a mental health provider, and a behavioral health provider, sobriety rates skyrocket.

    Posted on Steve O'Keefe