Addiction

addiction

əˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/

noun

1.

the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity.

Cheers for that one Google. 

I don't ever think of myself addicted to anything. I mean, I'm a smoker (quitting one my e-cig arrives may i add), I drink, I've eaten a lot of junk food in the past, but by no means would I ever think of myself as addicted to these things. 

In the controversial debate, Matthew Perry referred to addiction being an allergy. I don't really see it like that either, though i can understand his view. 

I think emotions play a much bigger role in the things you are addicted to. I'd consider my significant other as something I am addicted to. The intensity of one look leaves me craving more, and reduces me to my basic human instinct. He's very.. passionate and free and fun loving and I'm usually slightly envious that I can't be like that more often. But he is one of a kind and he means more than the world to me. again... addicted. 

I've began to notice I hold a addiction to literature. All kinds, books, autobiographies, web entries, fan fiction or even just a simple quote. I've become more emotionally invested in some fictional characters than I have about the passing of a relative. A bit harsh I guess. 

But i think literature does that for a reason, to completely immerse yourself in a world which is imaginary is such a beautiful gift and one of the biggest things I miss about my childhood. 

I'm addicted to the feeling of completing a book, of the sorrow you feel that you cannot relive that adventure, I refer to it as a Book Hangover but other people may have many other versions. 

To round this little thought process up, I don't think i could ever view addiction as a bad thing, not personally. I think addiction is what keeps you alive, whether it is a love or even your favourite fictional place. 

I lied. I have one addiction at the moment. 

Save Rock and Roll: FALL OUT BOY (2013)

I wish i could re listen to this album and hear it like i did the first time, its crept beneath my skin and is possibly the best thing to come out of the music industry in 2013! 

I want to see your animal side. 

reminds me of lions. ha. 

G