Word: addicted
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...ultimately, addiction is a physical disease of the brain caused by exposure to drugs. It starts, many neuroscientists believe, when alcohol, cocaine, amphetamines or other drugs boost the activity of a brain chemical called dopamine, which generates the sensation of pleasure. Flip the pleasure switch often enough, and nerve cells in many parts of the brain--especially in a tiny region known as the nucleus accumbens--become accustomed to the rush. When the switch is left in the off position too long, nerve cells feel deprived, a sensation the addict experiences as a nearly irresistible craving...
...When I read about a celebrity's failure to stay sober, I think of the addict out there who's reading the same thing and giving up hope. And I sometimes wonder if sobriety does anyone any good unless you can use it to help sell your junk on the Internet. And so I make myself feel better by going on melaniegriffith.com and ordering some goddess beads. I don't know long delivery will be, but I'm sure it's something less than 28 days...
...Ibis, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting In an undisclosed location on our nation's eastern shore. And the Poonsters have the seeming of an opium addict's dreaming, For the lamplight o'er them streaming throws his shadow on their floor; And their souls from out that shadow that lies floating on their floor Shall be lifted--nevermore...
...interesting because that film is about a TV junkie, and Sarah Goldfarb is a TV junkie in this film, and sort of an addict dealing with real sex and real violence. Stylistically I've always been interested in fusing, in the idea of filmmaking that when you're walking down the street, you're not really just walking down the street, you're thinking about the conversation you had three hours ago, or you're thinking about the vacation you're going to take with your best friend in two weeks, and your mind is drifting to some house...
Many physicians are also erroneously worried that they will addict patients or even kill them. Last year Kathleen Foley, another New York City pain specialist, released a study showing that 40% of her fellow neurologists wrongly believed that using a dose of morphine big enough to control breathlessness would actually euthanize the patient. (In truth, there's no ceiling dose of morphine, as long as the patient is given time to adjust...