by Sorin Macovei on March 26, 2012
I get asked this a lot: What is an addiction?
Well, according to Wikipedia:
Addiction is defined as the continued use of a mood altering substance or behavior despite adverse consequences. This can include, but is not limited to, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, exercise abuse, and gambling. Some defining characteristics of addiction include: impaired control over substances/behavior, preoccupation with substance/behaviour, continued use despite consequences, and denial. Habits and patterns associated with addiction are typically characterized by immediate gratification (short-term reward), coupled with delayed deleterious effects (long-term costs).
This definition says a lot but in my opinion it is to narrow. We all are addicted to thinks that are good for us as well. Who decided an addiction has to be bad anyway?
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by Sorin Macovei on February 13, 2012
I want to invite you to take a moment and remember a time when you fell in love, maybe it was the first time ever. And as you start getting some thoughts you will notice they start to change in other thoughts, the kind of thoughts that make you feel good now as you read.
Sometimes true love starts with a look, a smile or some strange felling you haven't experienced before. The more you stay around that person you realize they know exactly what to say and do, because they are in total harmony with your thoughts and feelings. At first you try to hide it because, that sense of being overwhelmed with good feeling which start from your stomach, make you feel out of control. That is when you realize Cupid as setup an ambush and there is no way out.
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