I remember waking up with a cup of tea since I was in class 6. I tried giving up on tea numerous times, but without any luck. So I was a self proclaimed tea addict, till I landed up in Manila. I went without tea for 2 weeks and I survived!! I wasn't affected in any way, no headaches, no brain damage. So what is this addiction people talk about? What happens when they don't get it ? I went around asking my friends about their addictions and came to know a lot more about them in the process. A friend said he really liked eating chicken when he was a kid, but he gave up eating non-vegetarian food when he was in class 8 and has never even had a thought of going back to it. He is too much into alcohol and cigarettes but says he can give that up too, just that he hasn't put his mind to it yet. Another person says she was addicted to medicines to overcome her OCD problems but then she has not taken the medicines for the past 1 year and is hale and hearty now. Now and then she goes through a phase when she thinks if she should go back to the medicines, but her resolve remains unshaken.
Now I wonder if we are addicted to only things? When you fall apart with a person you love, life becomes miserable. Its very difficult to carry on. So does that mean we are addicted to people too?? But then we meet new people everyday. What are the factors which decide whom are we addicted to? I have been trying to think of 1 thing that I can say am addicted to but cant think of anything that stands constant.
I have my flings with movies, television series, cooking, music lessons but nothing lasts long. I get bored after sometime and go out to search something new again. So does that mean addiction arises out of boredom, and ends with getting bored with it? Or does it take more than boredom to get addicted? And what does it take to overcome that??
Now I wonder if we are addicted to only things? When you fall apart with a person you love, life becomes miserable. Its very difficult to carry on. So does that mean we are addicted to people too?? But then we meet new people everyday. What are the factors which decide whom are we addicted to? I have been trying to think of 1 thing that I can say am addicted to but cant think of anything that stands constant.
I have my flings with movies, television series, cooking, music lessons but nothing lasts long. I get bored after sometime and go out to search something new again. So does that mean addiction arises out of boredom, and ends with getting bored with it? Or does it take more than boredom to get addicted? And what does it take to overcome that??
