hugs not drugs

I have been at Music Fest this week, having a wonderful time and seeing all my
long-lost friends. This has definitely riled up the "social butterfly" in me.. I had forgotten how much I adore my beautiful friends and how much of a social life I now lack. I must say that of everything I enjoy about seeing my girls and guys....hugs are among the top scorers. So maybe it's really technical and has something to do with my love language? Or maybe I just love hugs.
And now, since I am a huge nerd and I have to study everything out, an article on the importance of hugs:
"You may laugh off the predilection of the psychiatry community in the USA for coining names such as "hug therapy", but in all reality it's as true a therapy as that music, light and color therapy of the medicinal world. For by calling it a therapy, giving it a name, and ardently promoting it, they often manage to create awareness about a healthy and wholesome habit that is endangered by the bustle of modern life. It should not be forgotten that your skin is also a sense organ. Every centimeter of it—from the head to the tips of the toes—is sensitive to touch.We also know that touching builds up the immune system, now called libidinal refueling. When you hug somebody, you literally recharge the libido — the powerful energy in the body.
There's a whole new field now called psychoneuroimmunology: PNI. When you feel good, and you love yourself, and you're being touched or you're in love, your immune system actually gets stronger. Have you ever heard that people in love don't get colds? Maybe it's true.
Hugging is being used even as an aid in treating some physical illnesses, following research that it leads to certain positive physiological changes. For example, touch stimulates nerve endings, thereby helping in relieving pain. It is thus not uncommon for a chronic pain patient to be prescribed "Therapeutic touch" which involves hugs. This pushes up the hemoglobin levels in the blood, increasing the delivery of blood to tissues. "

Amazing huh? No wonder I love hugs.