Sunday, August 03, 2008
2:24 PM...............................................................................
On addiction:
I think the hardest part about kicking a habit is wanting to kick it, i mean we get addicted for a reason right? Often, too often, things that start out as just a normal part of your life, at some point cross the line, to obsessive, compulsive, out of control. It's the high we're chasing, the high that makes everything else fade away.
The thing about addiction is; it never ends well, because eventually, whatever it was that was getting us high stops feeling good and starts to hurt. Still, they say you don't kick the habit until you've hit rock bottom..... but how do you know when you're there? Because no matter how much a thing is hurting us, sometimes letting it go hurts even worse.
-Narration from an episode of Grey's Anatomy.
On love and addiction:
There is scientific evidence of love's grip on the brain.
The addictive nature of love is highlighted in research conducted by Helen E. Fisher, Ph.D., a professor of anthropology at Rutgers University and author of "Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love."
When Fisher applied brain-imaging technology to a group of volunteers looking at photos of their romantic partners, she discovered that the areas of the brain that lit up were the same as those that corresponded to drug addiction.
Link
Well, that's nice to know...
I think the hardest part about kicking a habit is wanting to kick it, i mean we get addicted for a reason right? Often, too often, things that start out as just a normal part of your life, at some point cross the line, to obsessive, compulsive, out of control. It's the high we're chasing, the high that makes everything else fade away.
The thing about addiction is; it never ends well, because eventually, whatever it was that was getting us high stops feeling good and starts to hurt. Still, they say you don't kick the habit until you've hit rock bottom..... but how do you know when you're there? Because no matter how much a thing is hurting us, sometimes letting it go hurts even worse.
-Narration from an episode of Grey's Anatomy.
On love and addiction:
There is scientific evidence of love's grip on the brain.
The addictive nature of love is highlighted in research conducted by Helen E. Fisher, Ph.D., a professor of anthropology at Rutgers University and author of "Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love."
When Fisher applied brain-imaging technology to a group of volunteers looking at photos of their romantic partners, she discovered that the areas of the brain that lit up were the same as those that corresponded to drug addiction.
Link
Well, that's nice to know...
