The Worst Addiction Ever

[Jonathan Jarvis]

Not Alcohol

Not Tobacco

Not Crack

Not Meth

Not Porn

Mark Boyle thinks its money: - https://youtu.be/OVB-5Br5pVU

I think he is right but I'm blowed if I can beat this addiction.

 

[Hank]

Ah, next I guess is food or even water. Essentials in life, for life.

Also, my addiction was coke, it should be on the list. You loose everything, fast. Money brings most of it back. Thus I say money is the first step of recovery. It's good, it's neutral.

 

[stevevw]

I agree money is something that can cause a lot of grief. But I'm not sure if its an addiction. Maybe in the sense that you need it to live in today's society. But you can get by with a little money. Poor people in countries that dont have much and are always surviving do it basically without money. They may just get some food in their bellies but thats just about it.

But money causes many problems of inequality. The system is the problem in a consumer society with commercialism controlling everything to the point that profits become more important than people. Some get greedy, share holders want dividends and their companies they invest in to become more and more profitable. They have to exploit situations to do that sometimes. I have been on that money chasing merry go round and it can penetrate you and control everything you do. Everything is about taking advantage of a situation. The basic idea of selling you talents is OK but it doesn't stop there. It gets to a point where some dont even have a scrap to eat and others are throwing away tons of food classed as excess waste because it didn't meet the market expectations. If we did away with money and just shared everything I think everyone would have enough to eat. But many dont want to do that because they want more than others.

Countries in the west like the US and Australia use 3 to 5 times a planets worth of resources while 3rd world countries use not even 1/2 a planet. Something has to give and its starting to fall apart now with things like the GFC. The last one was the biggest and countries started to go bankrupt. The US nearly did and only avoided this by borrowing more money. But they will have to face up to this sooner or later and when they do they will also have to realize that something isn't working. How can a system work that puts profits before people and sends countries into more and more debt be good. It will all come down like a house of cards in the end and many will suffer.

 

[Tinker Grey]

I was gonna say Message Boards.

 

[Dave-W]

I was gonna say Message Boards.

I hear that!

But mine is ... oxygen. Some times I just gotta take another breath. I know how shameful that is. But I feel like I am gonna die without it ....

 

[JustMeSee]

I can't watch the video.

I would venture to guess that spending and borrowing is far more popular than actually saving money.

Money as an addiction would be to acquire and retain as much as possible. Far more often money is only a means to acquire life needs and immediate pleasures.

Money often the means to feed other addictions.

 

[Messy]

I was gonna say Message Boards.

Yes especially cf.

 

[GrimKingGrim]

Money an addiction?

No.

 

[Desk trauma]

The framework of addiction is very useful for making an argument against things you do not care for. If you use/like/whathaveyou something you're addicted to it, if you object to that you're in denial about it. Rhetorical jackpot.

 

[Hank]

Rhetorical jackpot.

[learning mode]
I don't understand the term. What does this mean?
[/leaning mode]

back to cheeky
I forgot, video games should be on that list. AND Smart Phones

 

[SuperCloud]

The guy offers some good food for thought, in his video you linked Jonathan.

Yes, a person can develop an addiction to money, power, notoriety and just about anything.

Most of us are probably more or less addicted to money but for most of us it's probably a functional addiction.

Money brings about some conveniences though. It's easily transportable, easy to carry. It's more problematic to carry 2 pigs 5 miles so you can barter them for 1 cow or a new engine for your car. Money provides other benefits in an economic system as well, as in the case of money supply (how that multiplies and allows more lending et cetera).

In terms of what's the worst addiction I can't say. The one that destroys you the most I guess. The alcoholic man that blacks out, wakes up naked in his 13 year-old daughters bed with both of them naked, not remember he sodomized her during the night. That's a pretty soul wrenching thing for a person addicted to alcohol to go through I think. Addiction to money may not content with that kind of pain.

Gambling addiction can be one of the most problematic addictions. You can't do $30,000 of meth in one night--you'd kill yourself--but you can gamble and lose $30,000 in not only one night but in the matter of minutes.

And gambling is related to money.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVB-5Br5pVU&feature=youtu.be

 

[Emmyc]

Ah, next I guess is food or even water. Essentials in life, for life.

Actually yes, money addiction is a lot like food addiction. There is a certain amount needed to survive. There is another amount that may or may not be very good for you but it adds pleasure and probably doesn't hurt you too much.

Then there is "dangerously" too much or even "sinfully' too much. I have tried many times to quit sugar, it is a powerful addiction. And ask any 300lb person if food can be addictive.

Now I don't condone the rich (or the fat) our culture makes those addictions very difficult to overcome. But I see how an excess of money can be both harmful and an addiction.

 

[stevevw]

Poker machines can be addictive as well. Some people sit there all day playing them. They might win and that keeps them going for a while. But at the end of the day they walk out with nothing. Gambling is a big problem in Australia. If its not the poker machines its the lottery, lotto or instant scatchies or the horse races. Its all centered around the dream of winning money to make them feel happy. But many lose and end up using all their money. It becomes very addictive chasing that elusive win.

 

[DeepWater]

the worst addiction, is when your opinion becomes your god.

 

[Jesse2014]

True

 

[True Scotsman]

Not Alcohol

Not Tobacco

Not Crack

Not Meth

Not Porn

Mark Boyle thinks its money: - https://youtu.be/OVB-5Br5pVU

I think he is right but I'm blowed if I can beat this addiction.

Money is a tool of exchange. It represents goods produced but not consumed. It is necessary for life. If you mean you want more money than you can earn I don't know what to tell you. That would be a problem.

 

[stevevw]

Ironically I am getting some ads on my CF page about high fashion with versace and other expensive brands on the cat walks of Paris.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Most people aren't addicted to money, as is evidenced by the fact that they have so little of it.

In fact the true addiction might be in getting rid of it as fast as they can.