Is this the reason we are crazy about getting better and running everyday, is it just another one of your "addictions" that make you feel better? I'd say it's true for me. I'm not saying im addicted to drugs or anything but I have some weird addictions...what do you think?
Do runner's what have addictive personalities?
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Is this the reason we are crazy about getting better and running everyday, is it just another one of your "addictions" that make you feel better? I'd say it's true for me. I'm not saying im addicted to drugs or anything but I have some weird addictions...what do you think?
Addictions are when pursuits become excessive and counterproductive. But isn't there a point before "overshooting" that running and even some drugs and what not are transcendent? Isn't there some redeeming, fundamentally 'right' cause setting us in motion and towards these things, for which we were brought to them, for which we put our dreams upon them and for which we need to ultimately remember and serve? Yes, get rid of your negative addictions. Find the fountain of all-work, of many things, the fountains of goodness, prosperity and bounty and serve those with love, vigor and devotion. STOP and THINK, continuously (reflecting and retweaking) Don't just run and run like a mindless jackass or to try to keep up with the joneses or to meet college times or all that crap. Running is holy beyond measure. Bring into your conscious awareness as much as possible the righteous myriad reasons for these activities. Running and others.
humans have addictive personalities
Maybe, maybe not. In my experience, factors that might interfere with running (food/sweets, smoking, drugs, excessive drinking--*excessive*) are controlled/moderated.
I think most runners have an addictive personality. I know I do.
As William Glasser wrote in Positive Addiction, addictions can be positive. Or put another way, some addictions can be far less destructive than the behaviors the individual would pursue if not for the focus on the positive addiction.
For example, in the two years I couldn't run due to injury, I didn't turn to really negative addictions, like gambling, drinking, or overeating, but I did buy two motorcycles and a supercharged sports car. Looking back, I can see it was my need for an adrenaline rush that I was no longer getting from running.
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