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Addicted Society

10/26/2016

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by The Urban Outdoorsman
    Once upon a time, in city or town just like yours, there lived an addict. You might be the addict...
    You see, all addictions are taught, and learned from our elders and friends at the earliest of our memories. We watch them and mimic those we thought were powerful and all wise.  It's a monkey-see-monkey-do kind of world. We all learn by example.
    As the individual grows, he/she finds other, more interesting people places and things that will divide their short attention spans. Their focus will change and so will their addictions as well as their friends and idols. Everything they will do, will change and so will their addictions as well as their friends and idols.  Everything they will do, will be driven for the approval of others, but especially for themselves.
   They jump from one addiction to another in their life-long quest to define just exactly who “they” are. Most will find more than one thing they are addicted to. They will have a few, or worse, several things to struggle around at one time or another.  
    It's not just about juggling all of the little addictions though, it’s about which addictions are going to drive them and how hard the drive will be. Almost every addiction will drive the person to the point where it will start to consume them to the core and they will start to neglect things that once used to be important to them. Things like family, friends, and work. Sometimes this consuming drive will make them omit or forget to shower or wear clean clothes. They will pawn or sell personal and cherished items in an attempt to “fix” the addiction.
     People who become “addicted” lose their thought processes. They basically forget how to think rationally because the mindset is in the mode of acquire and use. I know of a lady who sold her cozy vacation house in Colorado, just to buy another more expensive Rolls Royce to add to her collection.
    However, it's not the addict's fault. The fault belongs to the addiction. It's just like the smelly, unkempt drunks and addicts begging for spare change to get that bottle of booze or hit of dope.
    You see, they have mortgaged their soul for the addiction in their mind. Usually for those who find themselves at the end of the rope they made from their addictions. Death is the usual way out for them.
    Every single thing that takes control of your life, thought process, and ideals is an addiction!! Whether it be God, Satan, saving trees or whales, or buying that rare coin that your collection just can't do without. All are addictions. So the next time somebody irritates, or makes you mad because they're doing something insane cut them some slack, remember they are not in charge, their addiction is.  :)     

The Urban Outdoorsman.
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