https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/10/blackberry-addiction-the-hype-continues/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:42:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/10/blackberry-addiction-the-hype-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-4272 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:42:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4010#comment-4272 I’m addicted to my Q and my BlackBerry… I only plan on suing if one of them fails. lol.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/10/blackberry-addiction-the-hype-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-4271 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:51:25 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4010#comment-4271 It seems we merely need to clarify the difference between an addiction and compulsion. Additiction is the psychologic need combined often with the presence of physiologic response to abstinence. These folks are merely workaholics (not a real psych diagnosis, but merely a trait or behavior). They feel the need to be constantly vigilant lest they loose their jobs or fail to advance. This is a normal feeling felt by anyone with an ounce of desire to better one’s self. The problem is these fools are blaming a simple electronic device for all their woes rather than using a bit of introspection to recognize their deep seated unhappiness comes from within and is in response to a career choice that might not be so healthy to their psyche. But then there’s no money in that conclusion, nor does any patient want to acknowledge that it all stems from their own mind.

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