3 Mar
2001
3 Mar
'01
1:29 p.m.
Dana Shilling wrote:
Well, cigarettes are literally addictive and seriously harmful, chocolate and porn are only figuratively addictive.
I may have to dispute the chocolate. My understanding is that chocolate causes _some_ of the same changes in brain chemistry that substances more generally considered addictive do - elevated endorphins, and serotonin too, IIRC (makes a lovely pain-killer). The brain wants more, so it forces chocolate cravings. I'd call that an addiction, if a very mild one.
Mistral
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