This is the best perspective I have ever seen on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE This is a

This is the best perspective I have ever seen on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE This is a TED talk from Gabor Mate, a physician that works with drug addicts. The highlights from his perspective are: - Simple activities like watching television, gambling and shopping can be addictive, but most people will not develop an addition to them. - The most addictive drugs act on the dopamine and endorphin systems. The people developing the strongest addictions happen to be people that do not produce enough of their dopamine or endorphines so once they feel better than a regular person when consuming them externally.