I definitely feel the effect of capsaicin-induced endorphin release, but, for the most part, it isn't a mind-reeling, knee-buckling, "mercy, I'm meetin' my Maker" sort of feeling. It's more of a general feeling of relaxed well being. An example: I sat on a committee that was working on a large networking project and one of the engineers and I were at odds most of the time. There were times when I would come out of those Friday afternoon meetings nearly apoplectic. One Friday Santa Esperanza de la Habanero brought me a small bag of Habaneros from her garden. I ate two of them with my lunch that day. At the meeting that afternoon I was relaxed, focused, and, for the most part, unflappable. I started making Habaneros with lunch a Friday tradition! In Chiles, Doug