Latter Day Sinner

I am thinking about obsessive and addictive behavior today. As anyone who has been following me for very long knows I play an excessive amount of video games. I am much more moderate with my alcohol and THC use. But they fill a lot of the same functions in mental health /illness. They are an escape from reality. I can do things in video games that are illusive in real life. I am rich and powerful in the digital worlds I escape into. I am often “well rested” in a video game. Compared to occasional drug use my games are far more compelling. Am I an obsessive gamer? The case can be made. Am I addicted to video games, beer, or THC? I doubt it. But I’m also pretty sure that if I used time more productively then I would be closer to the wealth and influence that eludes me.