{"id":450,"date":"2008-08-15T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T08:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/breckenridge\/?p=450"},"modified":"2008-10-24T23:53:38","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T06:53:38","slug":"addiction-or-why-this-issue-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=450","title":{"rendered":"Addiction or Why this Issue Sucks."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Alas, poor Fred! I knew him, fellow SCN readers: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: before these tragic circumstances befell the now lost soul:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>Addict:<\/strong> a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; font-family: arial;\">addict (verb used with object); to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic; to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-style: none none dotted; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext; border-width: medium medium 3pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: medium none ; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; font-family: arial;\" align=\"center\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>Video game addiction<\/strong>, also called <strong>video game overuse<\/strong>, is a form of psychological addiction composed of a compulsive use of computer and video games. Sometimes the addiction will manifest itself as part of excessive Internet use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Most notable are massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), and related to Internet addiction disorder. Instances have been reported in which users play compulsively, isolating themselves from social contact and focusing almost entirely on in-game achievements rather than life events.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-style: none none dotted; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext; border-width: medium medium 3pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;\">\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>WebMD: <\/strong>At an addiction treatment center in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, teenagers and adults begin detox by admitting they are powerless over their addiction. But these addicts aren\u2019t hooked on drugs or alcohol. They are going cold turkey to break their dependence on video games.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-style: none none dotted; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext; border-width: medium medium 3pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;\">\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; font-family: arial;\" align=\"center\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or multiplayer online role-playing games.<span> <\/span><em>Carl Jung<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">First he abandons his loyal readers, spending less and less time on SCN as feeding his addiction requires more and more time. Then it begins to affect his work as he becomes one of those undependable employees he recently decried in SCN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">Before long his poor roommate has to throw him out in favour of a roommate who works and can pay his share of the rent and the poor guy becomes one of the homeless, a member of that underclass that has graced the pages of SCN. The upper crust of that underclass as, like a turtle, he carries his home around with him as he drives from location to location to meet his needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">Unfortunately it is his addiction that dictates his needs so instead of concentrating on employment and the path out of homelessness he focuses on finding internet connections to allow him to feed his habit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">Before long the car is gone as his focus tightens more and more on finding sources to satisfy his cravings, his addiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">Living on the streets, hygiene challenged, soup kitchens for food \u2013 still his addiction drives him, consumes him, destroys him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">We loyal SCN readers need to stage an intervention to force Fred to confront his addiction, to encourage him to seek help in getting into recovery from his addiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">STOP! THINK Fred: recall the sad state of those further along the path of addiction whose addictions had led them to homelessness and life on the streets. Reach within; find the strength to find help and recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">Addiction is a stone cold bitch whether to drugs, to work or to role playing games. Do not listen to the sweet siren song promising you Kingship of fantasy lands, lest ye continue down the path that leads to despair and utter hopelessness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">Take personal responsibility for you life and addiction, save yourself and find Wellness and Recovery. You have the strength Fred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; font-family: arial;\" align=\"center\">_____________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\"><em>post scriptum:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\"><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\"><em><span> <\/span><\/em>While written tongue-in-cheek there is a disturbing truth in what I wrote. Nobody says to themselves \u201cI think I will become and addict\u201d or \u201cI think I will become homeless\u201d. Addiction, mind altering substances, gambling, online gaming or work, is an all too easy downward slide whatever your starting point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">It is a sweet siren song luring you on until it is to late when it reveals its true nature as a stone cold bitch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: arial;\">Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.  <em>Aesop<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Fred&#8217;s original article that inspired this can be found at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somethingcool.ca\/editor281.htm\">http:\/\/www.somethingcool.ca\/editor281.htm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alas, poor Fred! I knew him, fellow SCN readers: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: before these tragic circumstances befell the now lost soul: Addict: a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict (verb used with object); to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic; to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively. Video game addiction, also called video game overuse, is a form of psychological addiction composed of a compulsive use of computer and video games. Sometimes the addiction will manifest itself as part of excessive Internet use. Most notable are massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), and related to Internet addiction disorder. Instances have been reported in which users play compulsively, isolating themselves from social contact and focusing almost entirely on in-game achievements rather than life events. WebMD: At an addiction treatment center in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, teenagers and adults begin detox by admitting they are powerless over their addiction. But these addicts aren\u2019t hooked on drugs or alcohol. They are going cold turkey to break their dependence on video games. Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or multiplayer online role-playing games. Carl Jung First he abandons his loyal readers, spending less and less time on SCN as feeding his addiction requires more and more time. Then it begins to affect his work as he becomes one of those undependable employees he recently decried in SCN. Before long his poor roommate has to throw him out in favour of a roommate who works and can pay his share of the rent and the poor guy becomes one of the homeless, a member of that underclass that has graced the pages of SCN. The upper crust of that underclass as, like a turtle, he carries his home around with him as he drives from location to location to meet his needs. Unfortunately it is his addiction that dictates his needs so instead of concentrating on employment and the path out of homelessness he focuses on finding internet connections to allow him to feed his habit. Before long the car is gone as his focus tightens more and more on finding sources to satisfy his cravings, his addiction. Living on the streets, hygiene challenged, soup kitchens for food \u2013 still his addiction drives him, consumes him, destroys him. We loyal SCN readers need to stage an intervention to force Fred to confront his addiction, to encourage him to seek help in getting into recovery from his addiction. STOP! THINK Fred: recall the sad state of those further along the path of addiction whose addictions had led them to homelessness and life on the streets. Reach within; find the strength to find help and recovery. Addiction is a stone cold bitch whether to drugs, to work or to role playing games. Do not listen to the sweet siren song promising you Kingship of fantasy lands, lest ye continue down the path that leads to despair and utter hopelessness. Take personal responsibility for you life and addiction, save yourself and find Wellness and Recovery. You have the strength Fred. _____________________________________________________ post scriptum: While written tongue-in-cheek there is a disturbing truth in what I wrote. Nobody says to themselves \u201cI think I will become and addict\u201d or \u201cI think I will become homeless\u201d. Addiction, mind altering substances, gambling, online gaming or work, is an all too easy downward slide whatever your starting point. It is a sweet siren song luring you on until it is to late when it reveals its true nature as a stone cold bitch. Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Aesop Fred&#8217;s original article that inspired this can be found at: http:\/\/www.somethingcool.ca\/editor281.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homeless"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Addiction or Why this Issue Sucks. - James W. Breckenridge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=450\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Addiction or Why this Issue Sucks. - James W. Breckenridge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alas, poor Fred! I knew him, fellow SCN readers: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: before these tragic circumstances befell the now lost soul: Addict: a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict (verb used with object); to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic; to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively. 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Carl Jung First he abandons his loyal readers, spending less and less time on SCN as feeding his addiction requires more and more time. Then it begins to affect his work as he becomes one of those undependable employees he recently decried in SCN. Before long his poor roommate has to throw him out in favour of a roommate who works and can pay his share of the rent and the poor guy becomes one of the homeless, a member of that underclass that has graced the pages of SCN. The upper crust of that underclass as, like a turtle, he carries his home around with him as he drives from location to location to meet his needs. Unfortunately it is his addiction that dictates his needs so instead of concentrating on employment and the path out of homelessness he focuses on finding internet connections to allow him to feed his habit. Before long the car is gone as his focus tightens more and more on finding sources to satisfy his cravings, his addiction. Living on the streets, hygiene challenged, soup kitchens for food \u2013 still his addiction drives him, consumes him, destroys him. We loyal SCN readers need to stage an intervention to force Fred to confront his addiction, to encourage him to seek help in getting into recovery from his addiction. STOP! THINK Fred: recall the sad state of those further along the path of addiction whose addictions had led them to homelessness and life on the streets. Reach within; find the strength to find help and recovery. Addiction is a stone cold bitch whether to drugs, to work or to role playing games. Do not listen to the sweet siren song promising you Kingship of fantasy lands, lest ye continue down the path that leads to despair and utter hopelessness. Take personal responsibility for you life and addiction, save yourself and find Wellness and Recovery. 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