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ADDICTIONS ( 107 reads) Thursday, November 05, 2009 (12:21:00)

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If love causes blindess and money greed
and sex is addictive, but gives you STD's
Why say its good when it causes such grief?
Because love is unique, sex is beautiful and
money gives you relief.

I wrote and posted that poem awhile ago. Last night while laying in bed my mind started to wander again. I still havent found that off switch. I thought about this poem again. I had alot of thoughts about it and I wanted to write them down but the pain killers kind of made it hard for me to do much. I will see how much I remember.

First of all. We are all addicted to something. Wether it be music, sex, a certain food. Everything can be a certain persons drug. Like all drugs, even the good ones have side effects and cause pain.

Drug nummer eins: LOVE

Humans were put on earth to be sets of two. We are made to love and be loved in return. Love is nice, you have butterflies and daydream about the other person when they are not with you. You have a feeling of security and its nice knowing that nomatter what you have someone who is there for you and loves you for who you really are. If love is supposed to be a perfect emotion (love does not envy, love is patient and all that sweet stuff) then why is it such a dangerous drug? Because love can be the most beautiful AND most torturous feeling there is. Think about it; you love someone and they say they love you. If we really love someone then why do we ALWAYS end up throwing their flaws in their faces or lying, alot of people cheat. What good does it too to take something so great and ruin it all in the most hurtful ways possible? There are nicer ways of "getting out". I dont believe that all relationships can last forever. I ought to know. What I do believe is that LOVE can last forever. It doesnt necessarily have to be the kind of love you have in the beginning of a relationship but when someone is in your heart they will always have a small part of it. It could be because you were with them for a long time or because you have children. There are alot of reasons. But NOONE can tell me that they fully stopped loving someone they once loved. I dont believe it. Love, just like people, changes. You can love someone as a husband and later on as a friend. Why dont people admit that though? We are brave enough to put ourselves out there to get hurt but then we arent brave enough to admit it? mmm, we are strange.

Second addiction: SEX

Sex,sex,sex. We ALL think about it more than we should. Honestly, I think about sex all the time. I love it. It makes you feel good to know the other person is attracted to you.. major self-esteem booster (especially when its obvious they cant keep their hands off you). Physically... I dont think I need to explain that too much. hehe, the feeling of letting go and forgetting everything around you, the touch of the persons hands, lips. Oh yeah, you know what im talking about!
Sex is awesome....sex is DEADLY. Theres a WTF for ya! We all know why sex is deadly. All these STD's, I dont even know the half of them. Addictions can be good and bad, I think being addicted to sex is good (as long as you arent running around humping whats not up the tree by the count of three) but it causes bad things to happen. When it comes to love, we all have a wall...for our protection. We let it down for someone special. For someone we believe deserves to see whats behind it. Shouldnt we do the same thing when it comes to sex? A wall to protect. I know so many people that just eff around with no protection. (Im no hypocrite so I have to say Ive had unprotected sex too. I was smart about it though.) Then they come complaining that they think they are pregnant or caught an STD.... uum, yeah. WHOS FAULT IS IT? I know sometimes shit happens as they say but we should at least TRY to stay safe. Addictions are deadly. Simple as that. You have to be smart to survive.

Addiction three: MONEY

Dont we all wish we could find a suitcase with a couple million dollars (or whatever your currency is)? We would never have to worry about money again (if spent wisely). How many times have I run numbers through my head just to see how much I would need to have NO DEBT, EVERYTHING me and Josh NEED, some things I want and then enough left to live off the interest and make sure Joshua and his family have everything they need when he is older.

I think money is the most powerful addiction of them all. It can make you happy, give you a natural high (totally beats window shopping), you can buy SEX (so there is another addiction that can be taken care of ) and you can get "love". Im not saying you can buy love I AM saying people will pretend to love you because they love MONEY.
Money is power. Look at Hugh.... elderly man in a mansion with a bunch of hot "bunnies". If it werent for his wealth, he wouldnt have that. Money can satisfy the sexual and materialistic addictions we have. Money can also drive people insane. How many people are willing to hurt others or even kill to get their hands on alot of money? Ive thought about joining Oceans 12 (or whatever number they are now. LOL). Its wrong though and I know it, so I stick to the dream.

So, money is addictive because it brings power and the ability to satisfy ones needs and wants. Sex is addictive because it feels good and Love is addictive because it is what we are made for. Did I mention that love is deadly too? Yeah, girls jumping off buildings when Robbie Williams left the band Take That.... im sorry but jeez. They killed themselves over a man they didnt even know. Imagine how many people kill themselves when they get hurt in a relationship.

You hear people complaining about drug addicts and alcoholics. If you ask me, its a illness. Illnesses can be cured. Money, sex and love are not cureable AND they too are deadly. Whats the difference? When it comes down it ALL of it can ruin a life (lives). I dont know, these are just some thoughts I had last night and I was wondering what others think. Im not saying drugs are good. God no! It acually hurts me to see people addicted to drugs. The pain they have to endure physically and emotionaly. Im just saying love, sex and money arent THAT different from it when you look at the big picture. Im not dissing on anyone or anything. I am in love right now so its all good. I just cant help but think about these kind of things. Just the way my mind works. Maybe someday I will tell you my theory on how cockroaches could be a cure for all deseases. (See, my mind has NO boundaries Laughing )
Ok this has gone on too long. Respect to those who had the patience to read it all. Pease leave comments. Id like to know what you think.

Take care
hugs
Jenna

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Re: ADDICTIONS (Score: 1 )
by angeroseblue on Thursday, November 05, 2009 (08:33:21)
nerdy
i agree with your statements
love is held by many weather for the right reasons or wrong
me myself

i have never been the type to love money
i need it to pay these high price bills i have thoe...lol

sex was a major addiction for me ...and i have come to admit it
and i miss the taste but i am trying my hardest to wait for my mr...forever or ms....forever

enjoyed this a lot

    Re: ADDICTIONS (Score: 1 )
    by nerdgirl on Thursday, November 05, 2009 (08:40:24)
    or ms????
    Youre doing good!
    The only reason Im not having sex is because of geeky. If it werent for us being together (although hes halfway around the world right now) I would be calling up my "friend"on a regular basis. I broke all contact to those kind of "friends"after I met geeky.
    thanks for the taking the time to read it. I know its alot

      Re: ADDICTIONS (Score: 1 )
      by angeroseblue on Thursday, November 05, 2009 (23:17:08)
      you are so worth the read
      and it is great that you broke the connections with them
      Question for you....i will pm you

        Re: ADDICTIONS (Score: 1 )
        by radical_love on Thursday, November 05, 2009 (23:38:30)
        hmmmmm,
        this is a wondering mind here......
        i found it kind of hard to take everything you said seriously- to be honest (but of course;-))
        okay first up.
        LOVE- is very different to obsession, lust, infatuation, friendliness, companionship ect. girls jumping of building becuase robbie williams left a singing group- isn't any example of love.
        i really disagreed with your simplistic "love is nice". i disagree. my definition of love is- LOVE IS A LIFE LONG COMMITTMENT- it is a decision made. you might deeply care for a person and feel intense feelings for them, without making the ultimate decision to LOVE them. for me, these two cooncept are mutually exculsive- yeah- might me radical on this issue- but hey- that is my name (radical_love) LOL!
        okay next up. SEX.
        hmmmm, never having had experinced this myself- i will go off advice of people who have-yourself included. it seems to me that SEX, has really lost its value in our current society- now sex can be bought, uses as a selling technique to sell dull consumerist products ect ect.
        SEX- (once again a radical view- but hey) is designed as a bonding technique, and for the enjoyment of those in a loving relationship, a relationship of committment- e.g. marriage.
        i know this is a very different take on the 'casual sex' attitude that society thorws around- and that you indeed have confessed to taking part in. casual sex devalues yourself, and the future sex you have with a person that you DO choose to commit to. i think you've really come to realise this with geeky- thus the holding off, for him. this is because you value him and may i put it- place a higher value on on yourself when you are in a relationship with someone who loves you.(as in love- the commitment- not 'love' the shallow 'like', 'care for' or 'am attracted to'. )
        anyway-t hat my response to you 'love' speil.
        next up money.
        *sigh*.
        sick and tired of discussing money.
        i think we should see it as a means to survive- not as surviving for the gaining of means....if that makes sense. im pretty anti-consumerist, anti-captilast and wpould be pro- the world going back to the medieval bartering system (its much better for the environment)....anyway.
        thats my 2 cents- happy to expand or respond to more particular questions.....
        Wink
        millie

          Re: ADDICTIONS (Score: 1 )
          by nerdgirl on Friday, November 06, 2009 (03:52:21)
          The girls who jumped thought they did love him though. They were at an age where they couldnt tell the difference betweeen love and all the other stuff. There is always a time where someone will mistake lust, obsession for love. I know what you mean by love is life long commitment... the way I see it though, its not the love we commit too. I loved David for some time after we seperated but I no longer commited to him. We commit to the relationship that comes from love. If its with a man, a friend or family member, you commit to the person because you love them. You seem to have the same opinion as my dad, he always told me "you choose who to love" I found that pretty hard to do. (plus looking at the situation hes in with his wife i sometimes wonder) If I really had a choice then I wouldnt have been hurt so much. Im still looking for that "love on-off switch", just in case. Havent found it yet.

          I think your view on sex is a good one, a healthy one at that. There are alot of reasons to have casual sex, most women who I know who have been VERY promiscious all had issues, to be blunt about it. Some women need to "fill the void"or they believe a man will like them if they "give it up". Others just like to show off. ( Not sure why being easy is a reason to show off but hey, if it makes them feel better. whatever) I knew all this stuff at an early age ( I was with a man from the age of 15 to 20 before I met david) so I was "immune"to that. My reason for "wildin out"was that I was a good girl for so long and I wanted to see what all I missed out on. I wanted to "get it out of my system". My grandma acually was the one who gave me that advice. LOL (turns out getting it out of my system was a good thing for me to do. Not good for everyone, but it worked for me)

          Alot of people have problems commiting because they feel they are missing out, so I dont think its a bad thing to have some fun before you choose to commit. I just think they need to be smart about it. I knew a girl who had sex with over 16 men within a year..she was 13.
          Thats sad.

          uuum, have to read what else you wrote for a second. LOL

          oh, devalues sex..... acually, the fact that both geeky and I were able to have sexual relations without emotion makes it even more special to be in love and have sex. Sex and making love is a big difference.
          I havent met anyone yet who thought otherwise. There arent too many women around here that are able to do that though. They get emotionaly involved too easily, which is why men tend to "hit and run". MARRIAGE.... haha! Yeah, I wanted my marriage to last. Didnt know what would happen. There is NEVER a guarantee. Which was why I didnt wait til marriage to beginn with. I didnt see a need in it. I was in a relationship with the first guy I loved. I was young but we were together a long time and I dont regret not waiting. I still have a little bit of hope, only because there a some people that are married 30 years and counting.( Besides, theres the saying "you want to test drive before you buy the car".... doesnt apply to everyone but whoever said it sure had a point. )

          MONEY...
          "i think we should see it as a means to survive- not as surviving for the gaining of means"

          I know exaclty what you mean and you are absolutely right! The only reason I bother worrying about money is because I need to survive and even more important, I have Josh to take care of. I always thought money was a pain in the ass. Money = power and power = stupid decisions. Just look at who is in charge of the money. They have the power and the decisions they make are..... we all see how the economy is doing.

          Ok, im done. LOL
          I hope I was able to explain right. Sometimes I cant get words out the way I want to. being bilingual and a dork sure has its disadvantages. LOL

          Thanks for your 2 cents millie. I appreciate your honesty. always fun writing with you!





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