Posted by Proud Blade on April 12, 2000 at 19:28:32:
Introduction: In my free time, I write. I write fiction, articles for a local publication, and a lot of stuff that could be filed under "miscellaneous". Most of the time, I am writing as a hobby, not for monetary compensation. I write several times per week. When I write, I don't expend much physical energy, I don't interact with other people (family or otherwise), and I do very little to enhance my performance at my job. (I'm a scientist, and based on the quality of the average journal article, writing skills are only marginally important in my chosen field.)
1) Am I a "writing addict" because of this?
2) Based on the criteria you give below, is writing an unhealthy hobby?
>You cannot possibly tell me that you wouldn't be doing better in your 'chosen trade', you wouldn't have a more active social life, you wouldn't be
>healthier/fitter, you wouldn't have achieved more had you not spent hour upon hour on CF. This goes for everyone. No matter how much you want to
>deny it, CF is like a drug. It is addictive, people spent way too much time playing letting the rest of their lives sit in the background. Whether this
>happens to you to a very minor degree or a major degree, it doesn't matter, it happens. Denying it might make you and all the other players feel as
>though you are living to your potential, but you're not. I didn't choose this handle randomly, it's a fact of life. I'm not intentionally trying to put people
>down, I'm just explaining to them what they are missing out on; life (addicts to a greater degree). People say that they have a home, a wife, they
>should be allowed to waste X amount of hours on a text-based game. Sure. I merely am asking them that wouldn't it be healthier for all concerned to
>not do this, spending those hours with your wife, child, gardening, out in the sun, playing a sport (yes, actually expending some energy)?