Scientists say that facebook have the same chemical effect on the brain as cocaine, if you want to believe science. I quit cigarettes 10 days ago and are doing pretty good with it, as my body is removing the toxins from my system and showing me what emotional issues I were covering up with the cigarettes. When I wake up in the morning, what I'm craving the most is checking facebook, which i didn't allow myself to do this morning because of just that, the craving.. So whatever form the addiction take: tobacco, alkohol, sweets, food, drugs, facebook, internet, sex, gambling, work, exercise, tv, shopping, to mention some... the question is: what are we covering up by doing this repetitive behaviours, what is it that we can't be with within ourselves, what emotions is it that we are craving to cover up, and what is the underlying fear if this feeling isn't covered up?The underlying current of addiction is very clever as it has the ability to shapeshift into almost any form it wants, so stopping the cigarettes can result in an increased interest in sweets and food, so we keep covering up these emotions and start wondering about where these extra kilo's are coming from, it must be the cigarettes fault, maybe I should start smoking again...
