Which is to say, the particular neurochemicals produced by action sports are far more potent than any drug single drug around and—since one cannot cocktail massive amounts of speed, cocaine, and heroin without ending up dead—adrenaline sports are really the only way to get this kind of taste.
The problem with action sports and adrenaline junkies is that, as Emory Universities Dr. Greg Berns figured out (for more on this check out Berns’ excellent work “Satisfaction”), you need risk to trigger reward and the body gets used to risk. In other words, just like drug addicts who need to take more and more of a substance to get back to the level of high they desire, action sports addicts need to up their danger quotient to achieve the same effect.
The problem with action sports and adrenaline junkies is that, as Emory Universities Dr. Greg Berns figured out (for more on this check out Berns’ excellent work “Satisfaction”), you need risk to trigger reward and the body gets used to risk. In other words, just like drug addicts who need to take more and more of a substance to get back to the level of high they desire, action sports addicts need to up their danger quotient to achieve the same effect.