Theory for addicts

Synopsis of my uneventful day (sigh sigh)

11.35 am
British high commissioner is visiting our office today and my project is amongst the ones selected for presentation and my team is required to give a brief . sitting with team preparing a 1-2 min presentation.

12:00 am
My project manager calls up and conveys that no one can leave for lunch till the visit

12:30 pm
grump grump I am hungrryyyyyyy and a protest march is going inside my stomach against the atrocities committed by me->my PM -> her manger

12:57 pm
The firangs have just arrived…………… was suppose to present a summary about my product but these guys turned before my desk to check some other module (grrrrrrrrr)

2:00 pm
I feel like having chewing gum…

“ Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism- Carl Gustav Jung”
In my case its chewing gums.. albeit harmless one...... it’s still an addiction. If I have to rate myself on scale 1 to 10 I will say that I am a very mild addict so…2 would be my number.

Since last one hour I am getting tempted to dash across the street and buy myself couple of them. But as I had promised myself day before yesterday.........yes guys One complete day without CG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Addiction is a very strange……. we all know we are addicted , we all know it’s bad yet we can’t control the temptation. I rose twice from my desk…took my purse and moved towards gate but somehow I managed to resist (so far).

So how do we identify ourselves as addicts? Now here is my theory. You are an one when

1. You think that without that ‘thing’ you cannot think. Reason – I personally feel that without chewing CG I cannot concentrate (like now when I have some work pending but…… grrrrrrr)

2. When u want to have it u just want no matter what. Reason – ethically chewing CG is not good especially when you are talking to someone but I have observed numerous times that people have it in their mouth and still they are giving presentations, conducting meetings etc .(please count me amongst those ppl)

3. Your frequency of having ‘that’ has increased since the last time you remember. Reason- I can finish one complete pack of CG within one day of my office time compared to 1 week earlier.

4. You continue despite the negative consequences. Reason – my throat is certainly not a very healthy one every time when the ‘doze’ increases, my throat warns me by refusing to cooperate while talking ,eating etc

5. You feel guilty about using it (Yes every time sob sob)

Anyways…have you ever wondered if one of those? Addiction can be of various types as there is no hardcore definition. Funny thing is all these addicts are called users i.e. drug user.. Internet user.. just think for some time and u will be surprised that we are addicted to something or the other :) - Ciao

“For many, negative thinking is a habit, which over time, becomes an addiction... A lot of people suffer from this disease because negative thinking is addictive to each of the Big Three -- the mind, the body, and the emotions. If one doesn't get you, the others are waiting in the wings.” - Peter McWilliams

PS feel free to add your inputs to my theory…..or discuss ur addictions (should be fun)