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On my last blog I didnt say all i wanted to so i will say it here. If you read my last blog i brought up the term addiction and how i was addicted to a video game for the last 3 years. The term addiction to me means somthing that takes over your life, changes your body, for example weight, causes you to lose friends, and many more. Those are just a view problems addictions can cost. You may be thinking hey being addicted to a video game is different then someone who is addicted to hardcore drugs, but to me they are all to similar. The reasons i listed above i have had all those happen to mere over the last three years. I have gained about 30 pounds, i have high blood pressure and high cholesteryl and i am only 20 years old. I have lost about three frineds over the last three years due to not wanting to go out because id rather play a video game. Also, my family really hates that i play the game and never go outside unless i have to go to school. I never do anything except sit in front of my computer and waste my life day by day. I am sure if i keep playing this game and dont get my life in oprder i will lose everything person i have ever loved because of the game. I hope to turn my life around, but i dont see that happening anytime soon because i still find the game really fun to play and i enjoy the people i play it with. Well that is my addiction. What does the word addiction mean to ya'll?
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Posted by SSteimnitz on 2008-03-14 22:45:05 | Rating: | Views: 72
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Once I thought I was addicted to eating. I just couldnt stop. I am a girl who loves to eat...er...all the time( more often than normal I guess ! )When I was a little ( around 6-10 ), I weighed much heavier than the other kids and they didnt like me...I still remember how it feels to be laughed by others , having them sayiing " look at you! " I will never forget how it feels to be isolated because of my addiction to food ....
I guess your addiction to video games will fade as time goes by.....maybe not now, but one day it would....thats what My experience have told me. Once you get to a point that you're tired of doing sth , u never want to do it anymore...
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Posted by to_break_the_unbr...
on 2008-03-15 00:35:22
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Yea, I think addictions can come and go...but they seem to go faster when younger. Nowadays, as we age...they seem harder to break. As a kid, it's a phase. But not now. I was going to write a post about addiction. Gosh, I think I still should. Its just I keep reading something that takes the wind out of me, and suddenly I dont want to write anymore:P Ive been commenting far more than posting. I have a mild internet addiction...mainly posting/commenting and talking to people here for now. Before this, I was clinging a while in chat...a few years...trying to make a connection. Before I had the internet, I had my video games. I guess I didn't let myself get so bad as that. But, yea, at 20, I was seriously hooked. But, I didnt have the internet where all these people hide behind these interactive sites with such things as games that make people want to kill themselves. WHen I heard about that Everquest fiasco...that really openned my eyes. I never wanted to become THAT hooked on anything. I still like video games...dont own any newer ones...but I hardly find the time. And, the one thing I know that I miss with every fix I get into...companionship. Video games were always more fun with two players(back in the Atari days...and later in the Street Fighter 2 days). Playing solo in a room on a computer...I dont know what that's like...and Im not sure I want to know. I might end up just as addicted...and revert.
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Posted by brainstormer
on 2008-03-15 01:33:25
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I agree with you when you say addicition does not only pertain to a drug, but anything that takes you away from your daily habits, from friends and family. At keast you have pin pointed your problem now it is up to you to turn things around. You know how things will get if you continue down this route. It doesnt mean take your time away from you video game COMPLETELY, but just limit it a little bit. Equal out the time you spend with your fam and friends. and make them feel as special as this video game is to you...and everything will get better =)
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Posted by MzAsh
on 2008-03-15 02:45:44
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Thats quite a picture, MzAsh:) I think if SS thought of family and friends the same way they think of the game, they WOULD give them that kind of attention:P But, I doubt that is the case right now. If my family was all that, I would probably have wanted to spend time with them instead of curling in a corner playing my video games which mostly I bought myself(well, with money from my parents/granparents for the holidays). I dont think they give SS the same gratification...not that I want to defend the "addiction", but...
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Posted by brainstormer
on 2008-03-15 21:06:04
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