Stress lets us know we are alive. When we need stimulation because we haven’t had enough exercise, or when we are in physical danger (or even just hungry or hurrying up to get somewhere) we pump out adrenaline.  This signals to our brains…. wow, we ARE really alive.  When we are bored or are feeling under-stimulated, we purposefully do things (un- or subconsciously or even overtly) to shoot adrenaline.  Being addicted to adrenaline (you’ve heard of it, the adrenaline junkie, or maybe the adrenaline addict) is something which we have become in our society, and are continually becoming to greater and greater degrees. You have certainly heard the mantras “I’ve been worried sick” or “I was worried to death”.  Those old guys knew from astute observations, what we have forgotten. Worrying does kill.

Fuel for becoming an AA – is fed by our taste for social media, rapidly moving TV and movie thrillers, global news, our own rage or just worrying (anticipating) things we think might happen.  We are a world of Adrenaline Addicts. “The most concrete function attributed to worry is an attempt at constructive mental problem solving, although it may represent an unproductive and, perhaps, even a counterproductive attempt”

The sequelae?  shorter life, more metabolic diseases, waist-line fat, diabetes, vascular diseases, depression — and more — certainly that is not the abundant life.
(CORTISOL from wikipedia commons)