Mentalechoes

Wikipedia's opening line about addictions is this: An addiction is a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity.

It's that part that makes me believe that addiction isn't just about physical scenarios, but emotional ones as well. Usually we use the word for the case of a particular type of drug abuse, but it can be anything, and this is my point; people can be addicted to anything, and usually are. Some are addicted to drugs, and others can be addicted to an emotional situation; something we just don't want to let go, or feel like we can't let go of. It's not so far off from this mark to see that love also can be an addiction; there are those people who simply can't be out of a relationship because they need to be with someone who makes them feel wanted and gives their lives meaning in a way they are not able to find on their own. This scenario is common amongst my closest friends, and I dare say, exists in nearly all groups of friends, because everyone reading this knows someone in their circle who can't be without a partner in their lives.

It's this desperately holding on to a recurring situation that is the problem. What we can't let go off, will invariably become something negative in our lives, and cause us pain and suffering until such time as we can let it go, or it brings about our ultimate end.

But letting go in itself can be so hard. I guess this is why they call it addictive beviour; because if it wasn't addictive you wouldn't have a problem giving it up and moving on.

And hence we come to the choice; let go and break free, or hold on and be consumed. Neither hurt any less than the other, it's in the consequences where the real difference lies.

Padwanna!