Pleasure Center Lobotomy: The Logical Extreme of The Brain Disease Model of Addiction
...From this materialist deterministic view of humanity, this procedure makes complete and total sense.
You must understand that the idea of addiction, as currently conceived, holds that people use drugs because of the structure and functioning of their brain. In this view, addiction has nothing to do with thoughts, beliefs, or values. It has nothing to do with personal awareness and judgment of various life options and the pursuit of happiness – it has everything to do with the makeup of one’s brain – nothing more, nothing less. And if that is true – that you use drugs because your nucleus accumbens “wants†the dopamine triggering powers of drugs, and will push you to do anything to get more drugs, then removing it must be the simplest and most surefire solution to ending addiction.
So all of you counselors and addiction theorists who have a history with addiction and identify as lifelong recovering addicts and alcoholics, and spread this tragic view to vulnerable troubled people, here’s your solution: put your brain and life where your mouth is, and move to China to get this procedure done. You will be cured of your disease. This is the end product of all your propaganda. Just beware of the full implications of this...
This is the equivalent of a modern day lobotomy. And how well does it work? 5 years later, 53% of the test subjects are still using opiates! What does that say about the brain disease theory? These people have literally had their pleasure centers that supposedly cause addiction destroyed – and yet they still use drugs!
