Addiction

Sex? Drugs? Alcohol? Music? Sports? Work? Shopping? These are just a few of the countless addictions many battle with every single day. It's got me thinking, Whats my addiction? What do I feel so passionately about that I have to do or else I get all clamy and nervous about. It didn't take me long to figure out the answer. Writing. Whether its Blogging, writing an article, whenever I have a pen in my hand or I have to many thoughts I write.

There's a fine line between passion and addiction. What defines the difference? Surely you must be passionate about something you have an addiction for? Before I really thought about this I would have said I have a very deep passion for writing, and I do, but my addiction, its in me. My emotions, my thoughts, my dreams, my desires, for me its imperative to get them out into the world. I'm a very emotional person, very creative, very imaginative and its all reflected in my words and my writing.

But addictions can drive wedges and destroy lives. Addictions can kill, in the most tortured way, watching someone suffer at the hands of fate and a person not having the self control to control their addiction.
You would never take a pen away from a writer, take a guitar off a musician, take a football off a football player, take a boat from a sailor. So I often wonder why we justify taking a drink off an alcoholic? I don't in anyway condone Alcoholism, its just merely a question I wonder when put into this certain context.

My Writing makes me feel excited. My mind overflows with ideas, creativity seeps through every inch of my skin, and my fingers tingle when touching the keypad on my computer, I feel completely on top of the world because more than anything, I'm completely satisfied with what I'm doing. Am I weird? Or would you say that you have similar experiences to your addiction?
I feel incredibly blessed to be able to write as a career, because if I couldn't, I honestly havn't got a clue what I would do. I mean, I cant shop for a living can I?

I ask you, what do you feel most passionately about that borders on addiction? What couldn't you live without?