james_

God damn it, I really cannot wait until monday comes round. A whole week (8 days, in fact) of not having to go anywhere near bloody Unwins. YAY!
Anyway, I think I mentioned about giving up smoking on Tuesday, well, I'd forgotten how hard it bloody is! I've been really irritable all day, and off with everyone. Perhaps acting a little bit strange too. But I have discovered (thanks to my vast drug knowledge) the cure for cravings. TEA. yes. I drank 6 cups of tea in 5 hours at work, and I don't want a fag any more. I could go into the boring scientific explanation for this, and because it's my journal, I fucking well will!

Basically, nicotine increases the level of dopamine in your brain. This causes, over time, your dopamine producing mechanism to secrete less dopamine into your body. This happens because you are constantly stimulating them with nicotine. When you cease to use nicotine, the producers become sub-optimally active and your brain informs you that you need dopamine. This causes a nicotine craving.
The caffeine in tea also causes dopamine to be released by your brain, however it is far less aggressive, and does not cause retuning of the producers, just mild stimulation. Therefore, drinkning a cup of tea produces the dopmaine your body is requesting, and ends the craving. Other Central Nervous System stimulants, such as cocaine or ampthetamine could also be used, however they are less desirable because they cause addicition in and of themselves. Bing. See, I can still do science when I need to!

Anyway. I'm in the process of scoring some lovely blow, and then down the Cellar for a night of debauchery and destruction. Alternatively, Gareth and I will just get a bit pissed, and talk about how annoying everyone else in the world is, and how we could "have her, I reckon. Yeah, I'd bang it" which is so not really us, but alcohol is a demon for that!

Anyhoo. I just got the Bloc Party album, and it's well weapon. Anyway. Time for dinner. Mmmmmm ribs.