Meaning Of Life Part TwoIf we don't feel good, we want to feel good. One way to do this is to take drugs. The drugs we tend to use, abuse and become addicted to don't make us taller or better looking. They work on our feelings. They make us feel good. If they made us feel good forever, then drugs wouldn't be bad at all. But the way psychoactive drugs work is on a schedule of diminishing returns. If we abuse a drug, we will reach a point where we are not using the drug to feel good, but to keep from feeling horrible. Much drug abuse is genetic. By way of genetics the genotype for our brain becomes our brain phenotype. If this phenotype gives us a brain which has an abundance of feel good neurotransmitters, we feel good by nature and are less likely to turn to a drug to make us feel good. If, however, these feel good transmitters are deficient, we are more susceptible to trying things which promise to make us feel good. Another genetic component to drug addiction is how our brain responds to a drug. If a drug makes us feel great, we are likely to abuse that drug. If, however, it makes us feel only good, we are less likely to become addicted. And if it makes us feel bad, there is not chance at all. If we have developed competencies that have given us self-esteem, we are less likely to turn to a drug to make us feel good. Add to these competencies good education on how addiction works and you significantly lower the likelihood of addiction. The Meaning Of Life Part Two The Meaning Of Life Part One Home |