How Addicted Is The World

The term "addiction" is used in many contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion, or excessive physical dependence or psychological dependence, such as: drug addiction, video game addiction, crime, alcoholism, compulsive overeating, problem gambling, computer addiction, pornography addiction, etc. but now a days when the word addiction is said, people only associates it with someone doing drugs or having a physical dependence on pills. but i believe addiction is more done just doing drugs, is a mind set.

I believe the whole world is an addict, we all as Americans or just human are addicted to something. either learning, sex, coffee or shopping. i know you thinking how can a person be addicted to learning?? well there are scholars who prime objective is to acquire as much knowledge as possible. Yes is a good tools to have knowledge but we all say too much of everything is bad. Having all the knowledge in the world won't guarantee money in your pocket. They turn out to be the old prune siting in front of the class answering all the questions, which annoys everybody. 60 something year old with maybe more than 2 PhD's and still in school instead of working at a professional field, this is clearly an addiction to acquiring knowledge.

Most a.m. coffee drinkers don't realize it, but their morning cups of coffee set their bodies up for a roller coaster day of highs and lows, only to bottom out at the point of exhaustion. Just a few hours after consumption, when the artificial high dies down, many people may reach for more coffee or something sugary to get another lift, leading to daily fluctuations in energy and alertness, and possibly to eventual chronic adrenal exhaustion. An Addiction that we barely talk about is sexual addictions cause to most is embarrassing to admit to this addiction but will be quick to admit they smokers or drinkers. The term "sexual addiction" is used to describe the behavior of a person who has an unusually intense sex drive or an obsession with sex. Sex and the thought of sex tend to dominate the sex addicts thinking, making it difficult to work or engage in healthy personal relationships. some people may say no is not true am just freaky and spontaneous but the truth is NO you maybe a sex addict. I hope this chart help you identify your addiction.

Behaviors associated with sexual addiction include:

• Compulsive masturbation (self-stimulation)
• Multiple affairs (extra-marital affairs)
• Multiple or anonymous sexual partners and/or one-night stands
• Consistent use of pornography
• Unsafe sex
• Phone or computer sex (cybersex)
• Prostitution or use of prostitutes
• Exhibitionism
• Obsessive dating through personal ads
• Voyeurism (watching others) and/or stalking
• Sexual harassment
• Molestation/rape

People who "shop 'till they drop" and run their credit cards up to the limit often have a shopping addiction. They believe that if they shop they will feel better. Compulsive shopping and spending generally makes a person feel worse. It is similar to other addictive behaviors and has some of the same characteristics as as problem drinking (alcoholism), gambling and overeating addictions. Wonder why American is recession now, well the answer is simple spending more than we getting in. credit cards has made it very easy for people wit this addiction to run up a huge amount of debt. which the can pay for. so next time you think about addictions it does not only pertain to drinkers and smokers. Look at yourself be cause there is a possibility you are an addict too.

What Do you think about this Article...Watch out for the second part