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Video: Is the physical experience of behavioral addiction the same as the physical experience of substance addiction?
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Marc F. Kern
 
By Marc F. Kern
Published on 04/11/2008
 
Pharmacologically, biologically, it's exactly the same with substance versus a behavior. One is just with the outside substance; the other one is part of the process, part of doing it over and over again. There is a reward in it.


Pharmacologically, biologically, it's exactly the same with substance versus a behavior.

One is just with the outside substance; the other one is sort of part of the process, part of doing it over and over again.

There is a reward in it. People do not do things if there's no reward in it unless they feel better after it's all done. Like video games, it's fun. What's fun? A feeling.