Addiction is one kind of hell of a thing that if you get into it, it's hard to stop. It can be so worse that even when what you are addicted to is giving you pains you still can't resist the urge to continue.
Once you start getting addicted to something it gets into your brain and develops a tolerance to the addiction, so you must do it more and more.
Addiction is basically about "love and needs" for something you know can be bad for you and even if you are afraid of it, yet you can't stop doing it.
Addiction is not only about drugging or alcoholism, but it can also be something in our lives like the computer, smartphone, video game, TV, work, a certain food we eat, what we do for money, and the list goes on and on. Addiction is "to have a compulsion to obtain some effector results from the possession of a substance or engagement in an activity, regardless of its harmful effects".
An addict to anything or everything will use it to the fullest to achieve his/her goal.
There is a reality to addiction. We are all addicted to one thing or the other, but the ability to recognize your limitations and make a turnaround is what differentiates you from being tagged as an addict.
I find it hard to deal with an addiction that I have found myself plugged into recently. I have found myself locked in a chat on Whatsapp which has turned into an addiction that got me hooked and kept me away from every other thing.
The worse part of this addiction is that I spent my day doing nothing meaningful than checking on Whatsapp for any conversation to join. I became addicted to this thing so that I could stay glued to my phone chatting on WhatsApp and Facebook for most of the day.
You know how these things can consume data. I got a 4GB data package burned out in just 24hrs for nothing. The same package usually lasts for about a week and 3 days for me when engaging on thread. From Thursday to Saturday, I have used a total of 8GB data packages just for chatting and browsing on these message groups that I am hooked to.
I asked myself earlier today, "Don't you wish you could just block this addictive phenomenon that you have got yourself into and try to find a way out of this hole that has got you stuck?"
I need to put a stop to this thing that makes my day and my sleep miserable. There's nothing I am getting from chatting on Telegram and WhatsApp groups. I guess it's time to get myself out of the hook. I hope to come out of it with my sanity intact and not with half a mind.
I have decided to mute my Telegram notification and freeze my WhatsApp app for the time being so I can completely take my mind away from them and try to find my focus again. It has gotten into my head so much that I hardly had ample time to nurture fresh inspiration for writing, and it's the reason why I have not been active on Hive and publishing articles late at night, which is not my usual mode of operation.
I really want to regain my balance and concentrate on those things that provide me tranquility and liberty. It won't be quite a walk in the park but I assure you that I will use all my energy to overcome this addiction before I get wrecked.
Maybe you could take this article as a small example of how it happens with addiction. Do you see it happening with you as well? Do you find yourself checking on this or that multiple times a day? Then don't get enslaved to it. Let it go. It's time for you to free yourself as I have just decided to do.
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