What is your addiction?

[terry1156]

There ia a good article I found on the Fortune.com website about our little addictions. here are a few paragraphs:

"That's how it is with habits. They turn into addictions, grab hold of you, and don't let you go until you break them, if you can, if you choose to, if it's even advisable, which a lot of the time it isn't, you know. Who would we be without a bouquet of physical and emotional dependencies?

A lot of people are snarky about guys like Bob and me, who suck up perhaps a bit too much vodka, gin, sangria, Scotch, or wine on any given evening, just as we all are about the poor slobs who abuse their veins or noses with more debilitating stuff, particularly if they have no expense accounts to feed their habits. But the addictions we enjoy are many and varied. Most of us have more than one and feed our list every day. They make it possible, in some way, for us to go on.

There are the cravings to which all of us are prey. Food, for instance. And water. But the weirdnesses to which our contemporary flesh is heir? Get out of here. Like the need for the same Cobb salad each day? Or halibut, taken in tiny squares devoid of sauce? That's a form of dementia. So is our need for water that comes in a bottle. Just look at everybody walking down the street with their stupid bottles of water. Aren't we a bunch of losers?"

I have my little addictions. Those Frisk breath mints. I use way too many of those. Ice-cream. Even in the middle of winter I gobble it down. TV. I watch much too much of it. Morning showers. It's my coffee and I spend too much time in there waking up. I'm sure I could go on and on which I don't think is such a good thing.

[luna-mia]

Clothes and shoes was high up on the list. At least now I'm out of the malls and breaking that mold! Candy corn -- once I found out they sell them all year round there's been little else! I try to avoid Starbucks b/c those coffee drinks at $4.11 get pretty pricey.

Now tg -- its frugality mostly. Nothing makes me feel better than being able to pay a bill the minute it comes in as opposed to sweating how to handle it. Or rejoicing when my savings acct statement comes in the mail and there's actually something in there.

[2moretrees]

The Internet is my addiction. I spend way too much time on it. And bears. I have a collection of small ceramic bears that grows anytime I see a new one.

[luna-mia]

Ok -- so can I take back my answer and say its GOTTA be the internet. Not one person that knows me will argue me that point!

[Tree0164]

I have to say internet as well.

I use to be a clothes horse and buy 2-3 new outfits a week and shoes galore too.

Now it jeans and t-shirts since I am at home now.

[nate]

music, internet, computers!

[Lori63]

The internet and peppermint Altoids.

[marla]

double fudge ice-cream, professional baseball and Hallmark ornaments.

[mahanda]

the internet and junkfood

[boxxies]

I have to say my only addiction now is the Internet.
I spend way too much time on it. But this addiction also
brings me money, so I guess it's not too bad.

Before January 2004, I was addicted to chocolates.
I broke that addiction "cold turkey" and I am so happy
now that it's not in my life anymore. I feel FREE.
boxxies

[john849]

My addiction is the Internet. I started surfing the Internet and found some interesting sites. I then learn't programming languages like PHP, HTML, etc. and now I have built my own sites "found in sig" all I want to do is promote them, earn from them, add content to them, and much more.

I just can't stop!

But then I guess I have to do this as it is a business of cause.

[lieweheksie]

Mine are books and magazines- I handle this by buying mostly second hand books, getting magazines with useful articles like crafts- and of course the SA version of "O", and then entering the competitons- which I do sometimes win
So i guess competitions are another( I learnt that one from my Mom)