Are You Addicted? What's Your Drug of Choice?

"He who is without sin cast the first stone."  This is what Jesus said to the men and the people that were demanding the adulteress to be stoned to death.... He who is without sin, see what Jesus knew was while the people may not have been adulterers, they were ALL sinners.  Not only did Jesus know this but each individual person knew as well they'd done wrong in some way BUT they also knew that adultery led to stoning, well Jesus knew the wages of sin is death!

As I was listening to 1390 last week, Al Roker called in and spoke about his weight loss.  Al said he promised his father on his father's death bed that he was going to lose weight and lead a healthy life.  Al also admitted that food was his DRUG.  That sparked the thought for this blog, we all are or have been addicted to something many of us unknowingly.

Are You Addicted?  What's Your Drug of Choice? Is it....

• Food
• TV
• Sleep
• Work
• Women
• Men
• Sex
• Porn
• Alcohol
• Church
• Cocaine
• Marijuana
• Heroin
• Twitter
• FaceBook
• Social Media
• Gossip Blogs
• Cigarettes
• MDMA...... 

I'm sure I could go on with this list.  The point is ALL have or had an addiction.  Do you know what yours is?  Are you willing to admit that you had or have one?  What can you do to change it?

The thing is I hear people talk about those that smoke marijuana, alcoholics, cocaine and heroin addicts, even those who are sexually promiscuos, but few people realize that eating food for comfort is a drug as well.  It causes damage just like anything else as it affects your health and well being.  Actually I think the only drug listed that doesn't cause true damage is marijuana.  Anyway back to food, just as the alcoholic picks up the bottle, the over eater picks up brownies, cookies, cake, chips when they are sad or feeling whatever emotion, that is a DRUG.  Actually, many years ago sugar was considered a durg just like cocaine and others. 

Some escape to TV, they watch hours and hours of TV on end but dream about wealth and riches, or simply a better life.  Well I tell you what, watching TV is not going to get you the life you desire.  Now if you are watching church sermons and the like to build up your spirit that is different, BUT if you're watching the news, reality TV, and regular TV shows ALL the time, that too is an addiction.  Too much of anything is not good no matter what it is.

So before turning your nose up and looking down upon someone else saying I would never do this or that.  I don't see how they can't put down the bottle, I don't understand why they just won't seek help and get off those hard core drugs.  I tell you what, they can turn their nose up as well and I say, I don't understand why they just want stop eating, exercise and lose weight.  I don't see why they just want turn off the TV, pick up a book, get out and enjoy life, do something that is going to add value and produce something in their lives.  

We could all go around pointing fingers or we can start with the man in the mirror, come to grips with our own demons and issues and work to better and Master ourselves.  So I want you to think long and hard, what is your addiction?  Yes, church can be an addiction.  Too much of anything is too much.  Of course you cannot get enough of your creator BUT if you are over extending yourself in the church, spending more time there than home especially when you have a family, that too is an escape mechanism and is a drug.  

Test yourself only you know what you are escaping and what you are facing head on, only you know what your addiction is.  Maybe you are one that recognized your addiction and worked to change it and found balance in your life. 

When Nas' album Life Is Good dropped, it took me many times to listen to this song and understand what he was talking about, here is the video and some of the lyrics below:

"World's An Addiction"
(feat. Anthony Hamilton)

[Intro: Anthony Hamilton]
Lies and the pain
Betrayal, life

[Verse 1: Anthony Hamilton]
In danger's face
Look what you're facing, gave your heart away
And all the remedies couldn't ease the pain
All the hurt and betrayal; need to get away
In a world so cold
You gain your life just to lose your soul
Never thinking twice 'bout what the future holds
All the lies and the games not worth fighting for

[Hook: Anthony Hamilton]
The world is an addiction, serving up a fix
The world is an addiction, way too much for me

[Verse 2: Nas]
Snitches and rapists in the street, crime to the fullest
Asking niggas if they got any extra nine bullets
They deny me that, they know the bullets they loan me
Be the same ones that probably had them lying flat stretched out
Letter T
It's better to dead a beef than let it breathe, then we don't succeed
Cause then you gotta murder dummies
Waste your time, they allergic to money
I'm never squeamish to blood, we can thug, and get out of hand,
What's the options?
Only conclusion is shooting, bullets poppin',
Hoodlums dropping, fear any day that the feds will come knocking
Was young and nervous, asking myself what's my purpose,
In the back of a patty wagon, bracelets, aching me
Pigs ignoring, I'm asking what precinct they taking me
These cops can't relate to me, death to prison, empty vacancy

[Hook: Anthony Hamilton]
The world is an addiction, serving up a fix
The world is an addiction, way too much for me

[Verse 3: Nas]
Thou shall not be selfish, real nigga commandments,
Know a billionaire he has everything but a fam,
Guess how angry this man gets, had so many bad chicks in his bed,
Strange sex, same sex, has addictions that are sadistic
Chain of events, habits, he puts cocaine on his prick and acts sick
Self-esteem needs boosting alcohol consumption
Nicotine fusion, some athletes juicing
Pastors quote biblical chapters, Psalms
All along he's into bestiality porn,
And it's wrong, so I keep the Cali weed in the bong
And I'm strong, but the female anatomy got me sprung
And these women need shoes and bags, cars and condos
Fine clothes, and these fiends needs to get high, so they find dough
To mainline dope, and ya'll know

[Hook: Anthony Hamilton]
The world is an addiction, serving up a fix
The world is an addiction, way too much for me

[Verse 4: Nas]
So many vices, habits, mine of course, bad chicks
My response to any advice on what is the essentials of life
I'm just rebellious, not selfish,
Guess we all share different definitions of what wealth is
I need the best things in life that's women, that's cars
Cigars in Venice, bottle on ice, that's priceless
The other night, just in the emergency room
A patient said she needs to see a doctor soon
Doctor busy operating on a lady who's sedated
He can barely concentrate, cause he's newly separated
His estranged wife likes entertaining her acquaintance
In the house they were married in, mad people waiting
Some young, some old, heads and stomachs aching
Filling out an application, cause they all need medication
But the doctor need love or a quick vacation, calling up his travel agent
Same time, premeditating murdering his ex wife
Life, savage ain't it
Some need Xanax, just to maintain it
We all need faith cause the world keep changing
Let go of the illusion, start some restraining

[Outro: Anthony Hamilton]
Just hold on (just hold on)
Just hold on (just hold on)
Just hold on (just hold on)
Just hold on (just hold on)
Just hold on (just hold on)
Just hold on (just hold on)
Just hold on (just hold on)
Just hold on

Be blessed and be a blessing! Namaste! Peace! Love! Joy! Abundance! Health! Prosperity! Freedom!