Apathy! (and other Addictive Oxymorons)

We're all addicts. Some addictions are more outright dangerous than others: Heroin, Cocaine, Crack...etc. But the way our brain works, we're all psychologically dependent on something. It all just depends on what that is that you are chasing. It doesn't even necessarily has to be a bad thing. There are so many things we are addicted to and everyone is slightly different.

sex addiction
love addiction
television addiction
puzzle addiction
music addiction
noise addiction
social addiction
isolation addiction
travel addiction
power addiction
money addiction
intimacy addiction
popularity addiction
relationship addiction
food addiction
clean addiction
work addiction

Pick your poison, but we need things psychologically. Personally, I'm an intimacy addict. It ties into relationship and love addiction. I always need to be around someone who I'm close to. If I'm not, I'm generally unhappy. That's the rub. These paragons of our lives dictate our happiness. If you are addicted to two different things, you are actually kind of lucky. You are less likely to be without two things than only one. Because, as an addict, being in the absence of your own little drug is when you become miserable. Although it is easier to be happy with only one addiction, because if it is present, everything else becomes simple. Everything else fades into the background.

The odd phenomenon is that the thing we are addicted to usually becomes the hardest thing to achieve. Detachment is the better part of achievement. It's why when you place so much importance on something you usually fail and watch someone who doesn't give a shit about it get exactly what you wanted. The best part of this is that normally you are achieving their heart's desire without even realizing it simply because you don't give a shit about it.