Addictions Are Strange

So there has always been a bit of a fear of me having an addictive personality. There has been some of that behavior in some of my family members and so it was always a bit worrisome that it might head on down my way. And really for the most part it hasn't been a problem. At least not in the traditional sense. I never got into drugs and even when I was drinking like every night in college, it was absolutely no problem for me to just stop. But then there are the other kinda weird obsessions/addictions. The one I like the most is that I am a bookworm. I am completely addicted to reading. Like I can't get rid of my books without having severe separation anxiety. How loony is that? And then there is the TV addiction. I get hooked on a show and it like takes over my life. And when its over its like losing a friend. It's awful!! But I know I am at least not alone in that one. The most recent one that for some strange reason I can't seem to stop watching (even though I keep thinking that I REALLY should) is Extreme Couponers. That show is absolutely RIDICULOUS. These people basically have jobs clipping coupons and planning their shopping trips. And I can't stop watching them, even when 99% of them say the same damn thing at the same damn time in every damn show. I finally have found a reason for extreme couponing that I can get behind. It's all about the wedding shopping. This woman was having a wedding for 280 people and had $150 to buy food for the caterer and they bought like $900 with money left over from the $150. Dude, that's the way to go. So I hereby announce that for my wedding I will figure out how to extreme coupon that one and only time and save a bazillion dollars. So there, be prepared. Anyways, enough of that. The one addiction that I really think could be the worst is video games. I get absolutely sucked in and lose pieces of my life. I made the mistake of buying Legend of Zelda Wind Waker for my Gamecube (yea I tend to like old school games way better than any of the new stuff) and today alone I lost probably 6 hours of the day. Where did they go? Pffffftttt GONE. When I used to play Civilization 3 on the computer, DAYS WOULD GO BUY. So ya boys and girls, apparently the moral to this story is that drugs and alcohol aren't the real dangers is my life, video games and ridiculous TV shows are. So, there you go. Be on the lookout!