Addiction

Alright, I know a lot of people will be thinking when reading this post; hang on addiction isn’t being bad, addiction is just something that happens, or that addiction only happen to other people. Well addiction takes many forms and quite a lot of the time addiction can lead to other sorts of bad behaviour as well as being a bad thing in the first place. I appreciate it is not as bad as truancy and other such subjects but this topic does link in to others I have and will discuss.

To start things off recently in gaming news there has been a perfect example of addiction in gaming, a game that no doubt many of you Facebook addicts have played and still play. This is Farmville (hence the articles picture).

http://kotaku.com/5512410/12+year+old-runs-up-1300-farmville-debt

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/apr/07/farmville-user-debt-facebook

This is a perfect example of addiction, not bad parenting as many of the commenter’s seem to believe. The addiction here is very obvious, to advance quicker in the game the little kid decided to go and blow not only all of his savings but then raid his mothers credit card as well, resulting in a debt of over £900. If that isn’t a gaming addiction I don’t know what is.

Then again, stories appear almost every day that are to do with other sorts of game addictions, the main one being the MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) World of Warcraft. With instances arising of people who get so addicted that they end up playing for such a long period of time that they not only begin to use adult diapers so as to be able to stay at the computer longer, they can even begin to deteriorate and after a while they can even die.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Two-Fanatic-World-of-Warctaft-Gamers-Have-Died-Becouse-Of-WoW-11821.shtml

This sort of story appears everywhere when it comes down to World of Warcraft as far too many people get far too addicted to the wonderfully formed game code (no I’m not a fan I’m just being nice to those who are).



In any case addiction is generally known to most as: cigarettes, drugs and alcohol. This is with good reason as these are generally the only addictions that most people encounter during their lives. This as I have shown is not the case.

Addiction is a bad thing, there is no two ways about it. When addiction gets hold of you you are dominated by it for great deal of your life in most circumstances. The most common being addiction to cigarettes, you no doubt know someone who is, whether they know it or not. There are other addictions shown in the paper from drugs to sex.

We even discussed masturbation addiction in sex education in primary school, possibly the most awkward discussion ensued where no one could keep a straight face or discuss their point without going bright red.

Well that’s my information on addiction and a little of my opinion, have fun and hopefully don’t get addicted to toe nail clippings.