Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center in North Lynnwood
                   
The brain changes caused by drug addiction can make it difficult for people to resist the urge to use drugs and to manage their behavior. Drug addiction can be reverted.
Relapse is when you go back to using drugs after stopping. Relapse is when you need more or different treatment.
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that affects the reward circuit in the brain. Dopamine spikes in the reward circuit can reinforce bad activities, but they are also fun. This causes people to do the same thing repeatedly.
The brain adapts to the additional dopamine over time. This causes the user to feel less high than they did when they first began taking the drug. This is known as tolerance. This is called tolerance.