Tuesday, April 17, 2012

What should I binge on?

Addicts binge. I'll be the first to admit it. Actually, I just realized it. Once someone pointed out to me that I binge on things, I tried to see how many places in my life I did. Here's a list of things. It's ridiculous!! What do you binge on?

  • Food: I go for months at a time where I can't get enough to eat then, all of a sudden, I have no appetite whatsoever. 
  • Clothing: I'll go for weeks all dressed up then decide I'm going to spend the next couple months in nothing but sweats and little to no makeup.
  • Sex: This is in my past but I would act like a sex addict. After who knows how many guys, I'd be so disgusted that I couldn't let people get close to me.
  • Social life: Friends, then no one. 
  • Music: Country, Christian, rap. While I liked one, I hated the other.
  • Exercise: I'd throw myself into a program and work hard for a week or two, drop in for a period of time, and pick it up again.
  • God: Yes, I even binge on God. For a year or so, God will be my number one priority. Then, all at once, Satan becomes my best friend again.
  • School: For awhile, I become a workaholic. Nothing can be less than an A+. Next week, I won't care. C's and D's are fine by me; as long as I'm passing.
  • Sleeping: Sometimes I can't get enough sleep. Then, for a decent amount of time, I might as well be an insomniac. 
  • Cleaning: I can go the longest time with a disgustingly cluttered room and then decide that it cannot be clean enough.
  • Writing: I love to write. It's one of the best outlets I have. Sometimes my hands don't work fast enough to get all my words out. Then, for weeks at a time, I have nothing to say. The paper just stares at me.
  • Blogging: enough said.
  • Sports: I think you're getting the picture.
There are so many more but I'm not going to annoy you with them. The point here is that it doesn't matter whether it's big or little, important or not so important, I binge. On everything! This is one of the symptoms of an addictive personality - of the disease. However, the first step in the program is admitting powerlessness and unmanageability. The first step is becoming aware. Now that I know, I can be aware of everything I binge on and try to reel it in. 

One of the things I have not binged on is my recovery, which is great! I'm so glad that I've not done that because it's constantly been important to me. However, what I have done is thrown myself into my recovery with my obsession and compulsion that also comes along with the disease of addiction. 

Until next time, God bless!  

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