Diverting addiction
What does addiction mean ? It means being abnormally dependent on something that's psychologically or physically a habit forming.
It's an abnormal craving for something. That something is often taken to be an opioid drug ( narcotics) etc . And the plight of an addict ? GAWD! Beggar like I'd say. Sarcasm aside. It's often thought to be closely resembling to that of an alcoholic , I.e laying down on roadside unconscious , craving for drugs like a dry throated person craves for a drop of water etc . All this perception is because of cinema , how cinema portrays such things . Dawdling gait , blurring of vision , emanciated body etc.
I never happened to see an addict though.
The word means abnormal craving for things. Well I have got abnormal craving to check my Facebook profile as long as I am on my PC. i think of my statuses while traveling , my comments in conversations etc . This made my colleagues call me an ADDICT ! I get crazy when I don't get to see my profile for a day.
Diversion#1
Earlier the diversion was only when I was either away to my college or a picnic or a get together . That was to the maximum a dozen hours , then? Then I got back to check my notifications. So later I found another past time I.e. blogging . The response to blogging was also great . Earlier i forced my friends to read it , they reluctantly did but to my surprise appreciated my effort . So that kept me going , but my Facebook life hardly had any decline .
Diversion #2
The second diversion was reading novels . It was like loosing yourself totally into a magical word . The book I had begun this was nancy drew , then men are from Venus women are from mars , the Arabian nights (all 3 volumes) and last was sense and sensibility. I had also read a book on financing ,how to become a millionaire ?
I loved the Arabian nights and the book helped me refresh all the fairy tales I heard as a kid. Nancy drew <3 ! This is what I can tell you guys about it . MAFV,WAFM was also a good book about psychiatry , HTBAM was a book more like monopoly but I got bored half way through , may be because I am more of a literary person. But soon lost interest.
Diversion #3
The best stress buster on can have. Kills all your addictions. But my mom soon kicked me out of the kitchen , mainly because of the all hyper cholesterol food I was preparing .
Diversion #4
Music! Initially I enjoyed it . Later I developed pain in my ear . I still enjoy music but I think that's another addiction in itself. So , limited access.
Diversion#5
I hated , hate and will be hating this . This the most boring thing one can ever do! Cleaning stuff! I slept halfway through .
Somebody once said the easiest addiction to give up or stop is smoking , because I stopped smoking thousand times
I totally sympathise with the chronic smokers. It's so damn difficult to leave things you are so addicted to !!!
Well that's all for now !
Take care
Diversion and division only can control your addictions.