[Lazamataz]

For the opposite effect, I offer myself as an example. I'm one of those insufferably happy people. Of course, bad events upset me, and of course I have my "sad" days, but my default state is that I'm really happy. Sometimes my happiness is punctuated by periods of near euphoria, and these are not caused by any events or circumstances in my life.

Me too. I have this constant 'tickle' of current going to the pleasure centers of my brain. I can feel it right this very second.

Of course, this constant 'on' state in my 'joy' button has some serious drawbacks: It has made me a bit of a hedonist and tended to exacerbate my drug problems.

[bikewench]

LOL.. my default state is that I'm really happy. I like that.

Lazamataz... Funny.. but I'm listening to Everybody Hurts by REM right now.

I tried... but I couldn't embrace the "total abstinance" of AA or NA. That "yee-haw... let's get it on!!!" state of mind has always been with me and total abstinance made me feel even more split.

Now..I acknowledge the addict in me.. have even come to love her. For she is the part of me that screams to the heavens when the shit starts to fly... "F**K YOU!! You'll never take me down!!!!"