What is going on in my brain? What is the chemical mechanism? Why cant I just tell my brain to stop craving the substance? Why is the addiction removing all of my inhibitions?
This is hell.
In: Biology
The “reward center” of the brain is dopamine, a chemical that makes us feel good. You get it when you eat, when you fuck, and a million other things, too. Your brain is micro-dosing this shit ALL DAY, and it sends a clear signal…
“do that again. We like that.”
Lots of drugs completely hijack this system and create dopamine responses your caveman brain could never have imagined, and the brain completely shifts gears…
“Okay, eating and fucking feel pretty good, but THAT was amazing. Do that again. We like that.”
And so you do it again and again, but here’s the next piece:
The brain gets used to having more dopamine floating around. Normal things like eating and fucking can’t really compete. They just don’t make the *impact* that the drug did.
Remember your old life? There are a lot of little ups and downs, and you feel generally happy?
This is your new life. You start using the drugs not for parties but just to give yourself a few ups and downs through the day.
You need it to feel normal.
Every month you need *more of it* to feel normal.
One of these days you’ll get the dosage wrong, and you’ll die.
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