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[I2]I Am Addicted To You

by Persipidus, Per

Many will say you cannot become physically addicted to Wii. However with the current trends this has become phenomonon that is striking with over 3.2 mollion Wiis sold. What signs point to a possible addiction?
Even though the addiction may not be caused by a chemical imbalance, there are factors that may hint toward an addiction. Lets take a look at some of these symptoms.
Lets say you get pulled over by the police because you are in a parking lot racing around in your car. You think you are in a Mario Brothers cart and your only excuse is that you just made a your high score.
You jump off your couch and do a back flip everytime you get up because you think you are racing down the hill on a pair of skis. Or you get trigger finger that leads you to go to the doctors. Thats not so good!
How about when you go bowling and you score more than a 250, the bad thing is this your first time ever actually bowling at a realy bowling alley. Or even worse you can't bowl at all because you dont have a remote in your hand.
Insomnia, loss of appetite, withdrawal from society; these are all extreme symptoms especially when you realize you haven't left the house in a month. How do your symptoms reveal themselves?
In my opinion there is no addiction. These are the signs of a true gamer who enjoys the Wii. This trend is a sign of changing times as it draws people closer. New bonds betweens families and friends are formed as well an increase level of fitness. Ride the wave of the Wii and keep gaming!

My story: I am 32 and addicted to audio books. I have been trying to cut back but I can't.

I was first introduced to audio books 12 years ago. My parents bought me a Stephen King audio book as a birthday present. It included 10 books on cassettes each 25 minutes. I finished listening to it the first night. Then, I started buying audio books for me and for each of my friend's birthdays (whether they liked audio books or not).

As times passed I moved to audio books on CDs and later on to downloadable audio books. I have known all the online audio book rental services and buying services. In fact, I had an account in most of them.

My average output was two audio books per week but I remember some weeks where I skipped sleeping and listened to up to five audio books. I purchased almost any new fiction audio book in the market.

I managed to find some free audio books but still paid a lot of money for my audio book collection.

I got addicted to the comfort of having a “miniature” book. I got addicted to the narration, the music and the sound effects.

I got addicted to the ability to listen to audio books anytime and anywhere (I remember listening to it in the bathroom and in work and in other weird places).

And then I decided to make the move. If I can't beat it, I would join it. I resigned from work and made a profession out of my hobby – I started making money out of my comprehensive knowledge of audio books.

Nowadays, I write reviews about new audio books and serve as a consultant for audio books' publishers. I am happy listening to free audio books and being paid for it (just finished listening to the last Harry Potter audio book).

Have you tried listening to audio books? Try it.

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