First Love Essay on Commonties.com

My essay about first love is posted today on commonties.com. It seems like everyone has a story about their high school sweetheart. Now British researchers have discovered why. Scientists have identified pathways in the brain which light up when teenagers are in love. Falling in love seems to have a similar effect on the brain as using cocaine. It's so pleasurable it's almost like an addiction.

Commonties.com has some wonderful personal essays--about love, death, addiction, pets, illness, and family. It's the stuff I always love reading. It's like opening the Sunday NY Times Magazine and seeing the Lives column. It's a window into the lives of others.