The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love - Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits

Author：Judson Brewer，Jon Kabat-zinn

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Yale University Press; Reprint edition (9 Mar. 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0300234368

ISBN-13: 978-0300234367

Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 1.8 x 20.8 cm

书籍简介

如果对坏习惯有所好奇，可以帮助我们戒除它们吗？ 心理学者贾德森·布鲁尔（Judson Brewer）研究冥想与嗜瘾两者的关系--从吸烟到暴饮暴食，以至到其他那些--我们明明知道有害却又照做的事情。多了解一些有关于习惯其形成的模式，就会发现到一个简单而有效的方法，在你下回犯烟瘾、想吃零食或开车想回复讯息的时候，它可能可以帮助你戒掉这些不好的习惯。

A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so tenacious and how we can learn to conquer them We are all vulnerable to addiction. Whether it's a compulsion to constantly check social media, binge eating, smoking, excessive drinking, or any other behaviors, we may find ourselves uncontrollably repeating. 

Why are bad habits so hard to overcome? Is there a key to conquering the cravings we know are unhealthy for us? This book provides groundbreaking answers to the most important questions about addiction. 

Dr. Judson Brewer, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who has studied the science of addictions for twenty years, reveals how we can tap into the very processes that encourage addictive behaviors in order to step out of them. He describes the mechanisms of habit and addiction formation, then explains how the practice of mindfulness can interrupt these habits. 

Weaving together patient stories, his own experience with mindfulness practice, and current scientific findings from his own lab and others, Dr. Brewer offers a path for moving beyond our cravings, reducing stress, and ultimately living a fuller life.

作者简介

Judson Brewer, M.D., Ph.D., is director of research at the Center for Mindfulness and associate professor in medicine and psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Yale University and a research affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.