Re: [littlestranger] BASE, ADHD & Dopamine
This conversation reminds me of a book published in the 1970s. The title was "Positive Addictions."
The theme of the book was that people with addictive type personalities should do sports instead of drugs. For example, he recommended jogging to get a "runner's high."
At AA meetings, I learned that a lot of drug (alcohol, caffeine, heroin, etc.) addicts are self-medicating in an effort to feel "normal."
As the original poster suggested, addictive type personalities may originate in chemical imbalances in the brain.
Whether those chemical imbalances originate at birth, from psychological or physical trauma does not matter, we (addictive types) still need some form of stimulation to "get our juices flowing" to the point that we feel normal.
Just ask my girlfriend, if clouds prevent me from jumping for two or three weeks, I get depressed, listless, argumentative, etc.
The bottom line is - if you have an addictive type personality - you are better off doing BASE jumps than doing drugs.
