A "Healthy" Addiction....

Many of us at some point have struggled with an addictive pattern of behaviour… of some kind of a “behaviour we cannot stop, that has destructive consequences”. You don’t have to be addicted to alcohol, heroine, cocaine, smoking, crystal meth. and substances that have obvious “destructive consequences” to physical health to be an addiction. There are a lot of folks who are struggling with addiction with seemingly healthy activities. For example if someone is into the activity of jogging… to a point where they can’t stop AND it has destructive consequences… that becomes an addiction.

I had worked with a fellow who would be late for work and business meetings because of his jogging… his relationship with his family was also taking a nose dive… and this was just a couple of the destructive consequences of his jogging behaviour. AND the fact that he couldn’t stop engaging in this jogging activity… makes it an addiction. He was engaging in a behaviour he couldn’t stop, it was out of control for him… it also had destructive aspects to it… he nearly lost his marriage and his job. Still not convinced this may be an addiction??? Did I mention that this behaviour was so out of control for him that he was jogging with a broken foot?

Paul Radkowski

-Striving to be perfect, we fail to be ourselves.

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