Shoot And Kill

Bang! Bang! You are dead or in this scenario the bad guy is dead. That is the concept of most video games: fight for your right to live. You shoot and kill until victorious.  This creates an obsession. You become obsessed with killing all and successfully completing the game. This obsession is addicting. “Play, Play…I HAVE to play!”

See, my boyfriend is one of these addicts. He plays and plays…and? Yes, you guess it…he plays some more. This addiction is not harmful. The addiction can become detrimental if he were to wake up, dial his job and inform his job that he is resigning, just so that he can have more time to play. That would financially harm him, but besides that there are no dire consequences to this addiction.

In our day to day lives we come across many people that do suffer from addictions that can be more than just financially harmful.  Some have addictions that are emotionally and physically damaging to them and the loved ones around them.

There is no need to name all the addictions, but it is important to acknowledge when you or someone has one. This may take some time, but as hard as it may seem you have to be honest with them and/or yourself.  Kill them with honestly and then take action. Don’t become an enabler; help don’t assist. There are treatment centers and many other ways to help a love one and/or yourself to cope with this addiction.

Give yourself or that loved one a chance to become addicts of living a healthy life. After all, we all are addicted to something; let’s choose to make it a positive addiction.