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If compulsive drug-seeking and drug-taking behavior are often not motivated by either the desire to obtain pleasure or by the desire to relieve withdrawal, then what motivates addictive behavior in these instances? Why do addicts compulsively seek drugs? We have attempted to address these questions by proposing the concept of “incentive-sensitization”.^3,30 Tire basic thesis of the incentive-sensitization view of addiction can be summarized in four points.

This paper presents a biopsychological theory of drug addiction, the ‘Incentive-Sensitization Theory’. The theory addresses three fundamental questions. The first is: why do addicts crave drugs? That is, what is the psychological and neurobiological basis of drug craving? The second is: why does drug craving persist even after long periods of abstinence? The third is whether ‘wanting’ drugs (drug craving) is attributable to ‘liking’ drugs (to the subjective pleasurable effects of drugs)? The theory posits the following. (1) Addictive drugs share the ability to enhance mes~~tetencephalic dopamine neurotransmission.

The experience of the self as drunk

In this section we examine how Alison presents her engagement with alcohol as an experience of flux, oscillation and instability. We introduce the analysis with an extract which presents some of the main features of Alison’s engagement with alcohol. It also vividly illustrates how Alison turns to metaphors to describe her experience, a feature frequently repeated during the interview:

Some big wave, you know, you just get caught with it, that’s what it used to be like, this kind of like helpless feeling, just having to go and get drunk almost, you know, not even particularly wanting to, just feeling like there’s no other way when you are in that situation.