addiction is everywhere

Is everyone running from something?  Or trying to find something that they feel like they lost, or are missing. Running from one thing, right into the arms of another.  Addictions. Disorders. You  hear those words just about everywhere these days. People have them, and in minor cases (or just the beginning, when they think all is still well)  haven’t even realized it. Running away from some event, or seeking solace.  And then it becomes the norm.  There are so many different types of addictions, Its UNREAL. Basically, it seems that , if it exists, someone can become addicted to it.

Cigarettes, alcohol, drugs- RX and street seem to be one and the same , in some cases these days. Then there is the search for the ideal body. In this case, there may be binging and purging, anorexia, extreme dieting, or extreme exercising.  Or, a food/eating addiction, and  in this case you might be fighting for your LIFE. The Body and our perceptions of its  image seems to be a big one . There are video game addictions, cleaning addictions, computer/internetaddictons, etc.

..addictions…disorders…

Something that makes me a little bit nuts…  Pick up a magazine, and you’ll see pictures of celebritys, models, etc.. Lately the headlines are screaming “how thin is too thin?”, and there will be a pic of someone looking like a toothpick, and then another that looks a bit more “normal” – But whose idea of normal is it, I wonder? One month they are too thin, the next month, they’ve put a little  bit more weight on, and all of a sudden, everyones screaming about how “fat” they are. Weren’t they just too thin???? Make up your minds, people!  Talk about giving us mere mortals image issues!  Everyone gains and loses weight, and for some its a battle, and some more, a disease.

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