Originally Posted by
Murray4x5 
This 'pleasure-reward' system is so hard wired in an alcoholic's brain that the limbic system and brain stem will create even more dopamine receptors to reinforce this response, making a horrible situation even worse.
Yea, I had that... I felt kinda powerless over those receptors and neural pathways and neurotransmitters...
... the only way I knew how to get the upper hand was with alcohol and pills...
Is it considered a moral failing.... this powerlessness?? Why does it evoke such strong feelings on either side? I don't know... So much involved in this that I see as often being in the semantics...
If I use a spiritual (not religious, though I am catholic) program to ride out the changes in, and expectations of, my limbic system and brain stem... does it make it (the program) more or less valid?