Bill I figure it in the following way : If your brain produces endomorphine or dopamine you came to a sensation of well being or pleasure . Now if you do some thing that produces pleasure to you (say gambling if you like it ) it's well possible that such action may produce then dopamine while the action last ... How that seems to you ? Cheers , Bill Harrington wrote: > hI aLL! hAS Anyone else heard of the link beteen a defeciency of dopamine > and compulsive gambling. As a person who has a gambling problem, I found > that interesting. I came across the information on a show on gambling. > I find that when I gamble I can go for hours w/o pills but of course I > pay for it later in more ways than one. > An idea that just occurred to me; to access this list we all need > providers and hardware. Has anyone ever approached AOL or IBM for a > discount for those of us with Parkinson's. As PWP we are generally > limited income and need the contact and comfort provided here. > Just an idea... > Bill -- Joao Paulo - Salvador,Bahia,Brazil [log in to unmask]