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Introduction
Welcome Letter: Why You, Why Now
How to Use This Book (with the App)
Recovery Isn’t Magic — It’s Biology
Rewired: The Neuroscience of Recovery
Chapter 1: The Hijacked Brain
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Chapter 1: The Hijacked Brain
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4 Prompts
Section 1: The Brain Wasn’t Built for This
The Hijacked Brain: Section 1 Reflection Questions
Section 2: The Self-Medication Loop
The Hijacked Brain: Section 2 Reflection Questions
Section 3: The Prefrontal Cortex and the Problem of Control
The Hijacked Brain: Section 3 Reflection Questions
Section 4: Process Addictions and the Substitution Trap
The Hijacked Brain: Section 4 Reflection Questions
Conclusion Chapter 1: The Hijacked Brain
Chapter 2: Neuroplasticity and the Learning Brain
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Chapter 2: Neuroplasticity and the Learning Brain
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Section 1: Neuroplasticity: How the Brain Rewires Itself
Neuroplasticity and the Learning Brain: Section 1 Reflection Questions
Section 2: Craving as a Learned Loop
Neuroplasticity and the Learning Brain: Section 2 Reflection Questions
Section 3: Neuroplastic Recovery: Why the Brain Learns by Repetition
Neuroplasticity and the Learning Brain: Section 3 Reflection Questions
Section 4: Wired for Efficiency: Why Change Feels So Unnatural
Neuroplasticity and the Learning Brain: Section 4 Reflection Questions
Conclusion: Chapter 2 — Repetition, Resistance, and the Long Game
Chapter 3: The Reward System Hijack
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Chapter 3: The Reward System Hijack
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5 Prompts
Section 1: The Neuroscience of Craving — Dopamine, Memory, and Survival
Section 2: Compulsion vs. Choice — Why “Just Stop” Doesn’t Work
The Reward System Hijack: Section 2 Reflection Questions
Section 3: What Craving Is / What Craving Is Not
The Reward System Hijack: Section 3 Reflection Questions
Section 4: How Craving Hijacks Memory, Emotion, and Reason
Section 5: Stress, Triggers, and the Brain on the Edge
Section 6: Why “Just Don’t Use” Isn’t Enough — Training, Not Trying
The Reward System Hijack: Section 6 Reflection Questions
Section 7: Small Hinges Swing Big Doors — The Power of Micro-Recovery
Section 8: Repetition, Reward, and the Long Path to Change
The Reward System Hijack: Section 8 Reflection Questions
Section 9: Reflection + Summary
The Reward System Hijack: Section 9 Reflection Questions
Closing Recovery Reminder Sheet: Rewiring the Loop
Chapter 4: Craving, Memory, and the Emotional Trigger Loop
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Chapter 4: Craving, Memory, and the Emotional Trigger Loop
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Section 1: What Gets Repeated Gets Remembered
Section 2: Reward — What Keeps You Coming Back
Section 3: Emotional Time Travel — The Trigger Loop and Craving Memory
Craving, Memory, and the Emotional Trigger Loop: Section 3 Reflection Questions
Closing Reminder Sheet: Craving and Triggers
Chapter 5: Neuroplasticity — How the Brain Rewires Itself
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Chapter 5: Neuroplasticity — How the Brain Rewires Itself
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Section 1: Neuroplasticity — How the Brain Rewires Itself
Neuroplasticity — How the Brain Rewires Itself: Section 1 Reflection Questions
Closing Reminder Sheet: Rewiring Is Real
Section 2: Values, Vision, and Why We Stay
Neuroplasticity — How the Brain Rewires Itself: Section 2 Reflection Questions
Neuroplasticity — How the Brain Rewires Itself: Section 2 Mini-Worksheet – My Vision Statement
Section 3: Recovery as Ritual
Neuroplasticity — How the Brain Rewires Itself: Section 3 Reflection Questions
Chapter 6: Regulation, Reflection, and the Prefrontal Cortex
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Chapter 6: Regulation, Reflection, and the Prefrontal Cortex
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Section 1: The Hijacked Brain and the Lost Pause
Section 2: Brakes, Gas Pedals, and the Two-Lane Brain
Section 3: What Regulation Looks Like in Real Life
Regulation, Reflection, and the Prefrontal Cortex: Section 3 Reflection Questions
Closing Reminder Sheet: The Two-Lane Brain Isn’t Broken — It’s Learning
Chapter 7: PAWS — Why It’s So Misunderstood
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Chapter 7: PAWS — Why It’s So Misunderstood
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Section 1: What Is PAWS (And Why Is It So Misunderstood?)
Section 2: The Brain in Withdrawal and Recovery
Section 3: Triggers, Flashbacks, and the Emotional Storm
Section 4: What Actually Helps — Tools for Stabilizing the Storm
PAWS — Why It’s So Misunderstood: Section 4 Reflection Questions
Closing Reminder Sheet: Ride the Storm, Don’t Fight It
Chapter 8: Moment, Mindfulness, Movement, and Ritual in Recovery
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Chapter 8: Moment, Mindfulness, Movement, and Ritual in Recovery
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Section 1: Why Mindfulness Matters in Recovery
Section 2: The Body as a Gateway to Healing
Section 3: Ritual, Rhythm, and the Sacred Structure of Recovery
Section 4: Movement, Mindfulness, and the Recovery of Choice
Moment, Mindfulness, Movement, and Ritual in Recovery: Section 4 Reflection Questions
Closing Reminder Sheet: Repetition Is the Recovery
Chapter 9: Connection Is Medicine
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Chapter 9: Connection Is Medicine
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Section 1: Why Connection Saves Us
Section 2: The Nervous System Heals in Relationship
Section 3: Attachment, Attunement, and the Rewired Brain
Connection Is Medicine: Section 3 Reflection Questions
Closing Reminder Sheet: Connection Is Medicine
Chapter 10: The Recovered Brain — What the Science Says About Long-Term Change
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Chapter 10: The Recovered Brain — What the Science Says About Long-Term Change
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Section 1: What Long-Term Recovery Really Looks Like — In the Brain
Section 2: Gray Matter, Gratitude, and Growing the Good
Section 3: Ritual, Rhythm, and the Long Game
The Recovered Brain — What the Science Says About Long-Term Change: Section 3 Reflection Questions
Closing Reminder Sheet: The Brain Remembers What You Repeat
Conclusion: The Recovered Self
Section 1: You Were Never Broken — You Were Rewiring
Section 2: What No One Else Gets — This Book, This Path, This Promise
Section 3: Final Reflection — Where I Am Now, and Where I’m Going
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Closing Reminder Sheet: The Two-Lane Brain Isn’t Broken — It’s Learning
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Chapter 6: Regulation, Reflection, and the Prefrontal Cortex
Closing Reminder Sheet: The Two-Lane Brain Isn’t Broken — It’s Learning
Regulation, Reflection, and the Prefrontal Cortex
Closing Reminder Sheet: The Two-Lane Brain Isn’t Broken — It’s Learning
The prefrontal cortex isn’t just a regulator — it’s a recovery coach
Every time you pause, breathe, or reflect, you’re firing up the part of your brain that helps you stay
Small actions = strong rewiring
Water, breath, rhythm, stillness — these are nervous system tools, not luxuries
You don’t have to master the system — you just have to keep practicing the return
The moment you
notice
you’re dysregulated is the moment regulation has already begun
You’re not behind. You’re not failing.
You’re rebuilding a system you never got to fully train
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