--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Rory: > > > > > > > If I entertain addictions to adulation, flirtation, and > > > > > > > so on, as a substitute for genuine intimacy and > > > > > > > appreciation of Self/Other/Self, those will indeed > > > > > > > be "wrong" or "demonic" -- i.e., diseased, based around > > > > > > > pain, an attempt to mask or compensate for primal > > > > > > > fear, guilt and shame :-) > > > > > > > > See, this is what I meant by judgmental: Why can't > > > > adulation, flirtation, etc., be enjoyed in and of > > > > themselves without being addictions or substitutes? > > > > > > So what would you say is the difference between an enjoyment > > > and an addiction? > > > > You mean, between an enjoyment and an addiction to > > an enjoyment? > > > uh-huh
I guess the simplest definition of an addiction is that if you don't indulge in it, you feel like something's missing. If it's just enjoyment, you can take it or leave it, but without feeling deprived if you leave it. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
