Get Your Fix.

Hello and welcome once again to Title Under Maintenance.

Today I am going to be writing about addictions. Many people have at least one addiction, some serious, some not so much. You could name any item and I am sure somebody will be addicted to it. It is more than likely that someone has an addiction to collecting different types of batteries for example. Now although some are very silly and are not harmful, some can be very serious.

Now, having an addiction is being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (thanks google definition), which basically means that you enjoy something so much that you cannot function normally without it. My addictions, for instance, are buscuits, writing (hence the blog), and gambling. Now, the first two I feel are in the silly catagory, but comment if you feel otherwise. but for number three, that could be serious.

I love gambling. Half the time though it isn't even the thought of winning masses that draws me in. I love a challenge. My favourite forms of gambling are poker, blackjack, and slots (no thanks to Mr Huckstep). Poker is definatly my favourite. I just really love the skill involved of being able to bluff etc, and that the chances of you winning are not programmed as they are in something like slot machines. But I don't neccessarily need to gamble to fuction properly in my day to day life, unlike some people I know, who must have their fix of something just to make life worth living.

My first example of this is obviously smoking. I know that many smokers cannot help it, and that it is very hard to quit because of lady nicortine running through their veins. But there are other serious addictions that perplex me. For instance, how do you become addicted to video games? I myself am a gamer, but I don't play for 6 hours straight (contrary to popular belief). But some people quit their jobs in order to continue playing games such as World of Warcraft. People who take games like this too seriously really do need councelling, especially before it gets out of hand. Every month there is at least three deaths or murders related to video games, which i sshocking in my eyes. If you need to kill somebody over a game of Halo, you really need to change games and play something like pokemon.

How cheerful. Brownie points if you can name them (easy for a pokefan like myself)

And that is all for this time. Thank you very much for reading, I will get back to you soon.

Andy*