Originally Posted by
daphne 
sorry Mark i don't think we have "specialised" nervous systems
By nervous system, I was referring to the whole of my personality, and maybe my sympathetic, parasympathetic, limbic... whatever... the WHOLE thing. Some people don't like that loss of control that occurs with booze, pills, weed, whatever... I did... Some people may like it, but somehow they inherently know that it's something to be limited to social events, or... alone times with a partner... not me, I lost the internal controls and gave myself permission to do it whenever. I justified, denied, rationalized.... Another person might not have... was it nature, nurture, or was it the sum total of my being?
So when I say "nervous system" I guess I am speaking to the whole of me, behavior, value systems, self image, whatever....
For that reason, I don't expect some amazing breakthrough in terms of the treatment of alcoholism and addiction... maybe prevention and awareness... but that would almost have to start in the nursery...
Mark