AM I ADDICTED? IS IT AN UNCONSCIOUS FORM OF SUICIDE? CAN I CHANGE THIS BEHAVIOR?

www.blogtalkradio.com/marjoriemerrillsmotivationalmoments   Addiction: Many of us are in denial about it and totally refuse to admit it to ourselves. Our inner fear won't even allow us to acknowledge that we may be in deep trouble & may need help to stop the potentially deadly choices we are making. Often our self-love & self-esteem are so low that we unconsciously feel worthless, useless, unlovable, unlikable, undesirable. This is often rooted in an abusive childhood, and/or some early form of abuse. Many things can, have/do become addictive, & an ongoing form of self-abuse and/or abuse to something or someone else. There are many forms of abuse: self-abuse, self-punishment that we do because we are unable to forgive ourselves for our seeming mistakes, sometimes comes out in the form of abusing something or someone else. What if addictive behavior has many forms that can lead to mental, emotional and/or physical suicide/death? For example: sitting around eating too much, too much tv, too many computer or video games, often becoming obese, which can lead to major diseases & death! What about a workaholic, someone who spends too many hours working bringing potentially fatal ware & tare to the mind, body & emotions, which can lead to serious illness & death. We know illegal drugs, prescription & over the counter drugs, & alcohol can do damage to vital organs & also lead to death of mind, body &/or spirit. There is addiction to negativity, sadness, to mourning a lost love one to the point of driving one's self into a deep, dark dysfunctional hole one has not been able to get out of & becomes inwardly dead until physical death becomes eminant. There are many! What can we do to find the courage to identify, acknowledge and overcome these potentialy deadly behavoral choices. What will it take to change this? Lets explore!