I read somewhere that this is caused by a chemical produced in the brain called dopamine. I also learnt that the brain releases dopamine only if it anticipates that the activity will have an instant reward for the individual. This explains young people’s destructive guilty pleasures such as addiction to porn, drugs, binge drinking and other harmful behaviour. Identify all your guilty pleasures and triggers. This is how you learn to resist the pleasures.

Source: Daily Nation August 10, 2020 06:56 UTC