What Arthur Brooks has said about Addiction and recovery
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 14, 2026
Arthur Brooks, Social scientist, Vanderbilt University professor and Harvard Business School senior fellow who studies happiness, has been quoted on Addiction and recovery 2 times in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on September 14, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Brooks offers a rule of thumb that pleasurable activities done alone are more likely pleasure than enjoyment.
“If you're doing it alone, you're probably doing it wrong. Probably it's probably more about pleasure and less about enjoyment”
Huberman Lab: The Art of True Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 9:11
Brooks argues workaholism is an addiction society praises, stemming from success addiction rooted in earning love.
“Success addiction, once again, is really downstream from earning love, from the belief that I can be enough if I do enough”
Huberman Lab: The Art of True Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 2:34:06
Episodes
The Art of True Happiness | Dr. Arthur BrooksHuberman Lab · Sep 14, 2026 · 2 h 50 min
Andrew Huberman and Arthur Brooks discuss the three macronutrients of happiness, the four worldly idols, leisure, addiction, faith, and questions for finding meaning.
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