Re: Addiction : a definition
> >... and I have another question, what would you use to term a "positive
> addiction<
>
> I believe the term "positive addiction" is an oxymoron. Addiction by most
> accepted definitions is a negative process. I would use a phrase such as
> "positive habit" or "positive routine" to describe the habitual runner or
> regular reader. In NLP terms, a healthy or positive strategy might be
> applied.
Ah... so am I right to conclude that :-
Bad Habbit = Addiction ????
> We must be careful in applying such terms, however. Whenever we choose to
do
> something, we are also choosing not to do something else. If the runner
> regularly skips out on important meetings to run or the reader avoids
> intimacy with a spouse by burying his/her nose in a book, we might want
to
> look more carefully at the real purpose behind such a strategy.
Thanks, I think I see the point, in doing something that may seem positive,
we may be neglecting another aspect, thereby making the overall effect
somewhat negetive, therefore, termed an addiction. Am I right?
Rdgs
Alex