I AM AN ADDICT
A Real Life Story…
Hi everyone. My name is Clavia and I’m an addict.
FAM (fellow Addict Members): Hi, Clavia. Nice to meet you. With their depressed voices.
Leader: Thank you for coming. I know it’s not an easy decision. Damn right! If you know what I’m giving up to be here, you will end this meeting in 5.
Leader: So, Clavia, would you like to share with us what brought you here? No, I would rather not. You don’t have to be ashamed. We are a family here. Haaaa! Family? This dude clearly is still high from some ground pills. Probably cheap stuff from his grandpa’s Alzheimer’s drug bucket. But I don’t blame him, I blame myself for falling too hard and too low to be welcomed into this circle of insanity.
Uhm… Hi, again. I struggle with this new technology that can keep you entertained for hours. Like a bottomless supply of high, most of you will understand the feeling I’m describing. It helps you forget your unpaid rent for the past year and unpaid electricity bills. It’s a place where even if you haven’t eaten all day, you can hide behind your keyboard and be a rich person, ditching out financial advice to others. It doesn’t matter how hungry you are, your first and only priority is to find a way to buy an Internet subscription and you are good. I know you guys understand the feeling but not the what and that’s okay. Just think of it as that feeling you get when the Coke has hit. The feeling of nothing else matters, not even your kid. The euphoria of being worry less. Of course, you get it because you wouldn’t be here if you used your money for better things. See? We are not so different after all.
Why am I even over-explaining social media to you guys? Come to think of it, it’s kinda important that I do. Most of you have been too high for the last decade to understand how to navigate a cell phone. If you did, you wouldn’t be on the street trying to score when you can easily order it from Amazon. But that’s by the way, let me continue.
I have several addictions. I’ve talked about the Internet one but, I still have two major ones that come before that; Netflix and Procrastination.
People do Netflix and chill but mine is Netflix and procrastinate.
Oh! These two guys have ruined me. They are the reason I’m here. I tell myself I will get the article done by the day but I see myself looking at the top ten TV shows for the week on Netflix. Finding a great TV show on Netflix is like finding a needle in a haystack. That’s why I go with other people’s decisions, hence the top ten list. It is a dark hole with a negative pull that no positive can survive. Doing dishes, you are watching Netflix on your phone while water is splashing on your phone screen. You can’t eat without having your eyes fixated on your Netflix app. While you are cooking, Netflix is on your kitchen counter. Your family members are eating breakfast by 11 am because you held the knife in your hand for 1 hour without realising you were not peeling the potatoes.
I procrastinate on everything else that matters, even prayers.
Now, look me in the eyes and tell me that I don’t belong amid you crazies. Coz I heard your murmurs and saw your dilated pupils roll so slowly like they are about to crash.
Leader: I think you should be the leader. Our addiction is obviously learning when it comes to yours.
