Dr. Daniel Amen

And it's probably from the almost 300,000 scans I've done, the biggest lesson is,

is I'm not stuck with the brain I have, that I can make it better and I can prove it.

Now I can also make it worse and I can prove that too, right?

Every day I am making my brain better or I'm making it worse based on the choices

that I make.

And that's so exciting.

Everybody gets really excited about neuroplasticity.

Neuroplasticity is you can remodel your brain, but neuroplasticity goes both ways.

Whatever you repeat, you model in your brain.

Whatever you repeat becomes tracks of

that force you into that road, if you will.

And so when I go to a restaurant and the first thing they ask you is, do you want a glass of alcohol?

When you go no over and over and over again, well, no becomes strong in your brain.

And so the temptation is low.

If you say yes over and over and over again, that then becomes an automatic response.

And so we're wiring our brains for health or illness by the choices we make.

Yes.

That you'll want to use it again, although alcohol, if you use alcohol, there's a 15% chance you'll get hooked on it.

Really?

15%.