Yes, Myrrh. It is definitely an addiction. It starts out as a means to get something that we need: in my case, starting fires so I could put them out earned me big words of affirmation by my parents (though they couldn't see me setting up the problem).
My sister went on her path to fill her time since she was not likely to get quality time from my folks--what better way to get that than to fill your schedule with unnecessary time killers?
At some point, we no longer need to do these things to get attention or quality time (or whatever our LL is), but it has become an automatic response.
You can go back to my previous thread here in piecing and I've listed a few of my more entertaining moments in crazymaking as examples.
So please feel free to hop on this wagon and see if something fits in your case. I'm a living example of what not to do, I'm afraid. But I'm living proof that you can teach an old shark new tricks!
Betsey
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
