How, then, is the “choice” made? Why self-improvement or blogging in my son’s case and why sex or gambling for someone else? Why does buying compact discs set my dopamine circuits into action and why compulsive work? I put that question to Dr. Aviel Goodman, the authority on sexual addictions I’ve mentioned in earlier chapters. “It has a lot to do with which experience brings relief from whatever pains us,” he said. “For a lot of people something like compact discs would not be high on the list, but my guess is that music means something deep for you, that for you it’s a profound emotional
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