Paula also examines addiction at its root and explains that the imbalance of the dopamine in a person's blood is the common denominator that creates addiction. Dopamine is the neurochemical that gives a feeling of pleasure or reward and it is naturally stimulated by things like: eating, drinking, drugs, and having sex. Levels of dopamine are heightened during drug use which eventually creates a chemical dependency in the user as they attempt to constantly feel the feeling of the heightened dopamine levels. Paula gives a hypothesis that suggest that due to easy exposure of pornography to adolescents on the Internet, there will be a higher number of sex addicts in the future because we will have an influx of adults attempting to "chase" or match
