{"id":162,"date":"2014-10-31T18:58:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T18:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/?p=162"},"modified":"2019-08-30T21:18:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T21:18:22","slug":"could-addiction-be-a-good-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/could-addiction-be-a-good-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Could addiction be a good thing?"},"content":{"rendered":"
This post was originally published on kristinaevonne.com<\/a><\/em><\/pre>\n
\"Frederik<\/a><\/h4>\n
Composers – songwriters – throughout history have been addicts.<\/h4>\n

\nChopin and Berlioz used opium.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
Mozart and Beethoven were\u00a0addicted to alcohol.<\/em><\/p>\n
Bernstein was dependent on painkillers.<\/em><\/p>\n
Despite their addiction,\u00a0these composers are legendary. Their creative facility is unmatched.<\/p>\n
Could their addiction be a good thing?<\/h3>\n
I won’t go so far as to say that addiction is always a good thing. I’ve seen too many lives ruined by\u00a0the destructive power of addiction. But I\u00a0do\u00a0<\/em>believe that there is a constructive power of addiction. We just don’t call it addiction.<\/p>\n
We call it passion.<\/strong><\/p>\n
People who spend hours and hours a day practicing to become better at their craft are all around us, but we never call them “addicts.” We use a variety\u00a0of other words to describe them. Disciplined. Passionate. Devoted. Committed. Talented.<\/strong><\/p>\n
According to dictionary.com<\/a>, addiction is defined as “the<\/span>\u00a0state<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0being<\/span>\u00a0enslaved<\/span>\u00a0to<\/span>\u00a0a<\/span>\u00a0habit<\/span>\u00a0or<\/span>\u00a0practice<\/span>\u00a0or<\/span>\u00a0to<\/span>\u00a0something<\/span>\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0psychologically<\/span>\u00a0or<\/span>\u00a0physically<\/span>\u00a0habit-forming,<\/span>\u00a0as<\/span>\u00a0narcotics,<\/span>\u00a0to<\/span>\u00a0such<\/span>\u00a0an\u00a0<\/span>extent<\/span>\u00a0that<\/span>\u00a0its<\/span>\u00a0cessation<\/span>\u00a0causes<\/span>\u00a0severe<\/span>\u00a0trauma.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Discipline is defined as “behavior<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span>\u00a0accord<\/span>\u00a0with<\/span>\u00a0rules<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0conduct;<\/span>\u00a0behavior<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0order\u00a0<\/span>maintained<\/span>\u00a0by<\/span>\u00a0training<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0control.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/h4>\n

\nDo you see the difference?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Addiction is being<\/strong> controlled<\/strong> by something. Discipline is having control<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Addiction is destructive<\/strong>. Discipline is constructive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Addiction is\u00a0being enslaved<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>Discipline is owning<\/strong> the behavior.<\/p>\n
The same passionate, habitual tendencies within us can prove our utter destruction or our unmeasurable\u00a0success.<\/h3>\n
 <\/p>\n
What will be your addiction?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
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This post was originally published on kristinaevonne.com Composers – songwriters – throughout history have been addicts. Chopin and Berlioz used opium.\u00a0 Mozart and Beethoven were\u00a0addicted to alcohol. Bernstein was dependent on painkillers. Despite their addiction,\u00a0these composers are legendary. Their creative facility is unmatched. Could their addiction be a good thing? I won’t go so far […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,6,12,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roxannemerket.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}