Addiction...

Ok... so we all have addictions, right? Some better than others and some that we hide from everyone, even those closest to us. To me, an addiction is anything that we do that is more or less out of habit... ie, we can't control it even when we don't want to do it. Now the bad addictions are the obvious: alcohol, gambling, drugs, porn.

I truly believe it is more than that... there are people that can't prevent themselves from: cutting their hair, drinking soda, getting online instead of playing with your kids, spending all of your time with your kids and ignoring your own personal life, constantly working out, watching T.V., reading books... but here is the question, CAN WE CHOSE WHAT WE ARE ADDICTED TO?

I asked Tricia to set up a blog for me because I want to end my bad addictions and I am hoping that my friends and family can help. Addictions are difficult to stop on your own especially when the act itself is most the time out of habit. (Side note, back in 8th grade I used profanity after working in the mill with my dad without even realizing it so my good friend Nathan took it upon himself to hit me in the shoulder as hard as he could whenever I used profanity. Soon I no longer had any trouble speaking like a gentleman.)

Back to my addictions... after doing the biggest loser I was happy and eating right (something about posting my weight online) but I have too quickly gone from179 to 185 with no end in sight.

So my goal is to end my addiction to sugar (my nickname from Tricia used to by Litttle Debbie, the maker of delicious pastries) and a lazy life where I would rather sit and watch T.V. on a beautiful Saturday than be outside enjoying life... I want to replace those addictions with a life of loving/knowing God and physical fitness.

I want to CHOOSE my addictions and I choose a life filled with God and a healthy lifestyle so that I will be around a long time to share with people how wonderful God is. I don't want to be lazy and I don't want to be the lazy christian that keeps people from coming back to church. I need help in this, Addictions don't go away easily and I have had them for a long time.

This turned into more rambling than I wanted (sorry), further blogs will be more to the point with my progress and set backs. Maybe I can't choose my addiction but I am surely going to try.