call it the colon blow.
Anvilhead......that cracked me up......the description you provided of the chemical messenging that goes on in the body of an addict was incredibly illuminating. Thank you!
As most know, I have been dealing (not always very well) with our son's addiction issues for 15 years. During many of those years, I was in such a state of elevated FEAR that it caused absolute havoc with my gut. As a result of all of this incredible FEAR and WORRY, I have had all of my descending and 1/2 of my transverse colon removed--I swear that all that FEAR and WORRY damaged it.....actually causing a rupture and multiple surgeries. I don't blame my son or his addiction for this......I blame the poor management of MYSELF. This is the physical manifestation of fear and worry in my life.
This is what people are talking about when they say that living with an addict nearly killed them. It did nearly kill me. And most of the people on this forum understand this far too intimately.
I simply now refer to myself as a punctuation mark (semi-colon) and giggle.
The Gut Brain is real.......trust it.
But.....I continued the tangent......my apologies to the OP.
gentle hugs
ke