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<blockquote data-quote="AllStressedOut" data-source="post: 82725" data-attributes="member: 3837"><p>I think everyone has an addiction. Mine is food. I love food. I started exercising to try and get my weight under control, but I'm not willing to give up the food I love. I'll eat less of the food I love, but I won't give it up completely. It's just too hard for me.</p><p></p><p>I think others get addicted to drugs or alcohol because once they start it, they like how it makes them feel. They don't want to give up that feeling. If something else made them feel that way, they would probably be willing to switch to it. I don't think they want to spend a bajillion dollars on either of those habits, but they can't stop because it feels too good.</p><p></p><p>Same with smoking cigarettes or any other addiction. It sets off our brain in a way we like so we keep doing it.</p><p></p><p>They are doing a study in a county near by with a drug for addiction. It is supposed to set off the same part of our brain that says we want "meth, vodka, cocaine, beer" whatever the addiction may be. They are using it in mostly the criminal courts on heavy users or addicts. I'll be curious to see the outcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllStressedOut, post: 82725, member: 3837"] I think everyone has an addiction. Mine is food. I love food. I started exercising to try and get my weight under control, but I'm not willing to give up the food I love. I'll eat less of the food I love, but I won't give it up completely. It's just too hard for me. I think others get addicted to drugs or alcohol because once they start it, they like how it makes them feel. They don't want to give up that feeling. If something else made them feel that way, they would probably be willing to switch to it. I don't think they want to spend a bajillion dollars on either of those habits, but they can't stop because it feels too good. Same with smoking cigarettes or any other addiction. It sets off our brain in a way we like so we keep doing it. They are doing a study in a county near by with a drug for addiction. It is supposed to set off the same part of our brain that says we want "meth, vodka, cocaine, beer" whatever the addiction may be. They are using it in mostly the criminal courts on heavy users or addicts. I'll be curious to see the outcome. [/QUOTE]
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