Addictions

What are you addicted to? I know I ended that sentence
with a preposition. But seriously, to what or to
whom are you addicted? I am addicted to coca-cola.
I need one at least twice a day and sometimes three
times a day. You can be addicted to your dog, your
job, or to any habit performed on a daily basis.
How do you stop an addiction? First of all, you
have to want to end it. Then you put your mind to
it to stop it, and you proceed to do that. Now wasn't
that fairly simple and straight forward. Did I stop?
Could I stop? Do I want to stop? That is the main
question. To make yourself end an addiction, you
must control the other aspects of your life. You
must not make the mistake of trying to stop an
addiction without the benefit of overcoming the
need to be addicted. Once recognized... truly
recognized, you should be able to see the error
of your ways or at least be aware of the
harm you are doing to yourself or to others
around you.It is easy to sit here and type out
directions for all the world to see, than it
is to put down what I am doing wrong.I have
not ended my need to drink a coke. I want to,
but I don't do it even though I say I can.
I just don't want to give it up. Well , I
must take the dog out for a walk and let her
do her own business. My business is getting into
everyone else's business. I do a great job of
it too. But I am trying to improve. To do
that I have to tell you my life story.
After the first pit stop maybe. I don't have
the time or space to give you my full life
story and besides you would be bored.
Someday you can read the book. Let's hope
it does not become an addiction. Reading
that is. Woe be onto us if people started
reading and getting educated again.
But that's another Blog.