"Am I Addicted?"

Sometimes I wonder if I have an addiction. In reference to this self-proclaimed obsession, I told myself a few months ago, “If I can find a girl with whom I enjoy spending more time than I do with [my addiction], I’ll get married to her quick.” Dr. K’s Ensign article gives several factors for identifying an addictive tendency, and quite a few of them fit. I do “play” compulsively, often for longer periods than I had planned. Frequently, I “have difficulty stopping,” and even when I am not “playing,” I find myself “[obsessing] about the game, plotting and planning [my] next opportunity to play.” Occasionally, my schoolwork suffers because of the time and energy I spend with this activity, and my sleep patterns have changed since I “became involved.” Perhaps I should seek help or counseling, but I don’t think my research mentor would approve—after all, the more time I spend on this “addiction,” the closer we’ll get to another publication.

Although perhaps this “addiction” is worse than I pretend...