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Extreme metabolic stress is euphoric, as in autoerotic asphyxiation and I think the runner's high. I think exercise addiction is addiction to the euphoria of extreme metabolic stress.
Euphoria is a complex physiological state. I presume that for simple drugs to induce euphoria, they are actually triggering already existing pathways.