Personal Narrative: Candy Crush Saga

Addiction, it is all around us, affecting people from all walks of life, it is not limited to certain social classes or lifestyles. It is found in every ethnic group, regardless of gender or age. It affects our neighbors, our friends, and our family either directly or indirectly. Although substances such as alcohol and illegal drugs are two of the most common addictions we hear about, there is a wide range of substances and even activities such as gambling and shopping. There is some debate whether addiction is a brain disease or a choice.

Addiction knows no prejudice; it does not care what race, religion, sex or orientation. You can be addicted to drugs, gambling, x-box, shopping and eating. Addiction is an illness that requires, for most, professional help and that once you are an addict you are always an addict.

You can become addicted to virtually anything the human race never ceases to amaze us with what people can get addicted to. When thinking about addiction most people commonly think about drugs and alcohol but the most common and modern form of addiction for the twenty first century is technology addiction. As we move on to the future technology is constantly improving and becoming a necessity for modern life.

Addiction is something that most anyone has experienced at least some point in his or her life. Addiction is usually something that starts as a habit, and slowly but surely works itself into a major problem that takes a lot of attention and help to overcome. Most causes of addiction are fueled by the

“Today I will live in the moment unless it's unpleasant in which case I will eat a cookie” as I write this story, Those words of Cookie Monster resounded in my head. I had to pick an inspiration for this essay and yes i picked Cookie Monster. He is not just the loving blue monster that loves and would do anything for a cookie he's more than that to me he is an inspiration he is not just an idea that was made into a character he is a idea made into the enthusiastic motivated great influence monster that we all know and love as Cookie Monster.

In the real world, people are addicted to technology. According to distractingpodcast.com, “I’m Ryan. I’m 19. I’m addicted to information technology and gaming, so that’s any form of electronic gaming or the pursuit of information without purpose. I’ve always been interested in video games, from a very young age.

obsession or preoccupation. If we are to label something as addictive, we must first take into

Hello GameStop i was just wanting to say that i think that your guys trade in for games i think the people should be getting more money when they wanna trade stuff for store credit or cold hard cash, I don't get that when you wanna trade a new game and you guys say that you will only give them like 12 bucks i think its should be like for a new game in this generation they should at least give them what they paid for but like ten bucks less.

May 8th 2014, a Thursday night on a school night. At the time, I was 13, nearly finished with middle school and soon to be graduating onto high school. On this particular night, I sit at my kitchen table across from my older sister, both grasping our 3DS's playing our favorite game at the time: Animal Crossing. In the midst of an intense competition of catching fruit as we race against the clock, my mom moseys into the kitchen and sits between us. She demands that we put down our consoles. My sister complies, whereas I ignore her and attempt to finish up my game. My mom then forces me to end my game, explaining that she desperately needs my attention. She gathers herself and thinks for a moment, finally spitting out the words “I'm moving out”.

Essay “Are You Hooked” by Leah McLaughlin is about the things that we do, but we don’t really notice we do it. They are called soft addiction. I’m sure everyone in this world has something there are addicted too. Let’s all look back and think what soft addiction for you is?

Addiction: Fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity. Addict: Person who is addicted to a particular substance. Videogames have become our new scape goat when it comes to having fun and doing something in our leisure time. So often, we find ourselves captivated by the new games that are coming out and any new gaming devices. Videogames have managed to take control of our minds and only leave us a pinch of freedom. Electronic games have caused us to be lazy, develop criminal behavior, and has proven to be a leading cause in mass murders. Electronic gaming devices have played a major part in the evolution of America, not only causing us to be addicts- but have given us a reason to not participate in the real world.

Most people confuse the definiton of addiction with an activity or hobby because of how constantly a activity is repeated. In other words people recognizes the activity not the right definition of the word, addiction. It shouldn't be recognized like this because it's a behavioral problem. “Addiction is a brain disease expressed in the form of compulsive behavior” (Addiction is a brain disease). There are certain behavioral addictions for example shopping, internet , binge eating , even love. These simple tasks causes people to

When addictions are talked about the most serious ones usually come to mind first: drugs, alcohol or even sex. Not all addictions cause the same amount of damage to the addict and today I'll be talking about mine.

Addiction is a dependence on a substance in which the affected individual feels powerless to stop. Millions of Americans have addictions to drugs, alcohol, nicotine, and even to behaviors such as compulsive gambling and shopping. Recent studies suggest that millions of Americans are addicted to food, as well.

They include alcoholism, substance/drug (including prescription drugs) addiction, nicotine addiction, and sex addiction, food addiction, shopping addiction, gambling addiction, work addiction and even internet addiction. They are manifold varieties of addiction; these are just a few of the well-known types of addiction.