Although cocaine users come from all walks of life and for as many reasons as there are users, it has always been thought that those who perceive themselves as a loser and use cocaine are the ones who are most likely to become intensely addicted to it.
Perception on life can stress us out or can give us cause to excel through that stress.
Stress can make a person or break a person in life.
There was a study done at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, which studied the social interaction within four groups of monkeys.
In that study they determined from one group dominant and subordinate monkeys, much like we see life.
There are leaders and there is followers.
There are strong willed and there are week willed.
And they took them one at a time and put them into a cage next to a group of unfamiliar monkeys.
This in turn created a stressful situation with all the yelling, screaming and fuss of trying to get at each other.
The researchers then took the monkey back to its normal setting and allowed it to relax and pull a lever that gave it food or pull a lever that gave them a dose of cocaine.
Guess which monkeys gave themselves the most cocaine? The subordinate monkeys.
Brain scans done during the event also showed that the subordinate monkeys showed lower activation in the pleasure areas of the brain, and the dominant monkeys showed increased activation in those brain pleasure areas.
It seems that the dominant monkeys enjoyed the stress and were less stressed out and used less cocaine.
It also seems that the subordinate monkeys being more stressed used the cocaine as a way of coping with the stress.
If we have the dominant perception of life and see stress and challenges as ways (enjoyment) to excel in life then we will be less apt to look for a crutch.
If we see life in the subordinate sense (if we perceive ourself as a looser), then we will look for ways to distract ourselves from the stress and tend to use drugs.
Or if we already use, to use more drugs.
Many times in real life people turn to cocaine to attack stress, only to find that it only elevates it.
Cocaine is a brain motivator, and is probably the easiest to get addicted to.
One cocaine hit can often start an addiction which takes a real dominant perception of life to get off.
Perception on life can stress us out or can give us cause to excel through that stress.
Stress can make a person or break a person in life.
There was a study done at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, which studied the social interaction within four groups of monkeys.
In that study they determined from one group dominant and subordinate monkeys, much like we see life.
There are leaders and there is followers.
There are strong willed and there are week willed.
And they took them one at a time and put them into a cage next to a group of unfamiliar monkeys.
This in turn created a stressful situation with all the yelling, screaming and fuss of trying to get at each other.
The researchers then took the monkey back to its normal setting and allowed it to relax and pull a lever that gave it food or pull a lever that gave them a dose of cocaine.
Guess which monkeys gave themselves the most cocaine? The subordinate monkeys.
Brain scans done during the event also showed that the subordinate monkeys showed lower activation in the pleasure areas of the brain, and the dominant monkeys showed increased activation in those brain pleasure areas.
It seems that the dominant monkeys enjoyed the stress and were less stressed out and used less cocaine.
It also seems that the subordinate monkeys being more stressed used the cocaine as a way of coping with the stress.
If we have the dominant perception of life and see stress and challenges as ways (enjoyment) to excel in life then we will be less apt to look for a crutch.
If we see life in the subordinate sense (if we perceive ourself as a looser), then we will look for ways to distract ourselves from the stress and tend to use drugs.
Or if we already use, to use more drugs.
Many times in real life people turn to cocaine to attack stress, only to find that it only elevates it.
Cocaine is a brain motivator, and is probably the easiest to get addicted to.
One cocaine hit can often start an addiction which takes a real dominant perception of life to get off.