Addiction V/S Passion

Good morning friends.. 

Today we will talk about addiction.. 

What is addiction..

A compulsory habit with the prime purpose to seek pleasure ..

What is pleasure 

An illusionary state of happiness ..

Why does addiction increase ..

Because illusionary state of happiness is short lived .. we find that this momentary happiness is not enough we want more .. so either we take overdose or we change addiction .. 

What types of addictions are there ...

Most harmful : drugs , alcohol, tobacco etc 

Also harmful : TV , Social media ( unless it is your job or requirement ) news paper , tea , coffee , talking , shopping , even bathing , sleeping , eating, work, movies etc .. 

In short anything which the body requires as a desperate need is addiction .. we have seen people not able to sleep without taking bath .. not able to pass stools without tea , cigarette even newspaper.. ( now what has newspaper got to do with stools 😂) 

Let's reframe addiction : "Anything which the body requires regularly to be "happy" and absence of which makes us "sad" is addiction .. "

Drinking tea is not bad .. but dependency on tea is bad 

In one line .. "Milega to chalega nhi Mila to bhi chalega " 

I will take another drastic example of addiction ( how good things also become addiction) 

I have a habit of drinking lemon water with honey every day .. when I am at home it is manageable .. but when I am travelling many a times it is not possible.. but I manage without it .. I have seen people getting disturbed when their routine is upset ... And the whole day is spoilt .. 

" Routine itself is a big addiction "

How to remove addiction??

Addiction and passion are 2 sides of same coin .. when we seek pleasure outside we become addicted .. when we seek pleasure inside we become passionate.. 

And when we stop seeking pleasure we become joyful 

And joy is permanent state of happiness..

We will take detailed steps to stop addiction in next blog 

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