Unwired: A Behavioral and Medical Guide to Healing Addiction: Science, Tools, and Compassion for Clinicians, Families, and Those Ready to Recover

Unwired: A Behavioral and Medical Guide to Healing AddictionA Behavioral and Medical Guide to Addiction in the Age of DopamineBy BCBA Yoandra Gomez UncuWhy do slot machines, cocaine, TikTok, and shopping all activate the same brain circuits?Because addiction isn’t just about substances, it’s about reinforcement.In Unwired: A Behavioral and Medical Guide to Healing Addiction, Board Certified Behavior Analyst and former physician Yoandra Gomez Uncu blends neuroscience, medicine, and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to decode the real mechanics of addiction, both chemical and behavioral.What Makes This Book Different?Unlike most addiction books that focus solely on trauma, willpower, or medication, Unwired: A Behavioral and Medical Guide to Healing Addiction reveals the hidden behavioral patterns that drive both substance and non-substance addictions and gives you visual, actionable tools to break them.Whether it’s scrolling, gambling, binge eating, or opioids, this book shows you how reinforcement schedules, not moral failures, keep people stuck. And how behavior change, not just medication, can set them free.Inside, You’ll Discover:The neuroscience of cravings, VR schedules, and relapseWhy traditional medicine struggles with behavioral addictionsVisual tools to map and interrupt reinforcement loopsCase studies, FBA templates, and self-monitoring chartsStrategies for families, teens, and cliniciansBehavioral prevention models for the next generationWhether you’re a clinician, parent, educator, or someone navigating recovery, Unwired offers a radically new lens:Addiction is learned, and that means it can be unlearned. Read more