Re: CHATter: reason &/or faith (wasRe: another new language to check out)

And Rosta wrote:

> Some of my addictions makes sense & logic to me. Addiction to X works
> by making the addict feel bad when they don't have X. Having X makes
> the bad feeling go away. The feeling of a bad feeling going away
> feels like pleasure. If X is easily available, it is possible to
> have pleasure regularly throughout the day. There aren't many
> things that can provide such regular and reliable pleasure.
Actually, it's my understanding that addiction to X works by making the
addict feel really good when they have X. Typically, addictive drugs
like alcohol, heroin or nicotine work my activating the pleasure centres
in a similar way that sex or food (which it's possible to be addicted to
too) do.

But really this thread should come to an end...

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