MAYWOOD, Ill. - After the final play of the Super Bowl, millions of fans will go through withdrawal symptoms from not being able to watch football for months.

How to Cope with Football Withdrawal after the Super Bowl Loyola University Medical Center psychiatrist Dr. Angelos Halaris describes the effects this has on the brain and offers tips on how fans can cope.
Halaris explains that when a person engages in a pleasurable activity, such as watching a football game, a neurotransmitter (brain chemical) called dopamine is released in a part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens.
When the pleasurable activity ends, the person is left with a feeling of deprivation. It's similar to what a smoker feels when deprived of a...
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