Creative Writing: Deadly Addiction

The dark motel's room was indistinguishable, but Sam could hear a deep and firm breath from another bed - his brother must have fallen asleep. Sam waited for five minutes before sitting and pulling down the seat. His head turned a little, the room drank it, and snoring of his skull was almost unbearable. To make matters worse, he is thirsty. For those stronger and stronger than whiskey. Sam stumbled at the door trying to stand quietly and stay calmly.

Because of its value, this ancient idea - in the case of fatal toxic substances it is not the root of addiction, some of the pathological features of addicts brain or heart actually tow the scientific community It is an idea to get. It is usually clear that psychological problems caused by childhood pain and unmet need are more likely to add something to something (heroin, sugar, regardless of gender ). Mental health, happy people, those with the ability to cope with life are always cast on us. However, it is far more difficult to declare a war against children's needs that have not yet been met.

I am studying addiction neuroscience. I am writing a book about addiction. In these books, I am trying to include scientific images in rich and realistic stories - addiction, excitement, loss, and reexecution. My first book is about my own drug addiction. That's the majority of my 20's. Regardless of what you rely on, the brain changes that accompany poisoning are very similar. At a recent meeting, I stared at the fMRI (brain scan) image. It showed hyperactivity at exactly the same location - the nucleus accumbens (or the ventral striatum, the inner cortex, the structure behind the eyeball) - regardless of potato chips, heroin, or roulette, an addict will have the next hit I expect it.

A neuroscientist published an article in the journal "Journal of Surgical Neurology" that interprets pornographic addiction as "natural" dependence. Looking at pornography, the brain responds to images using various chemical substances. These chemicals are designed to reward you with what the brain interprets as joy and they play an important role in all sexual behaviors. As a species we need to breed to survive, so the brain will reward us to do something that causes reproductive. Usually, the front of the brain "brakes" the pleasant chemicals, so we will not overflow them all the time and should not do it 24 hours a day. However, these brake systems do not seem to work when you spend a lot of time looking at pornography. These chemicals surpass these natural brakes