The Center for Disease and Psychiatric Evaluations has now classified drunk dialing as an addiction.
Most of us have secret and shameful addictions. They might be as socially unacceptable as smoking or as physically harmful as a dependency on Class A drugs. However, drunk dialing is a habit so perilous it can effectively change your life in a few short seconds.
How did something as seemingly harmless as dialing get classified a disease? According to dictionary.com, the true definition of an addiction is the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma. This incessant need to talk to EVERYONE when drunk certainly can have devastating results on relationships- personal or professional. While your mind is free and at ease to share your most remote feelings and inner thoughts, your lack of judgment and filters are in fact being restrained through MAOI inhibitors. There are compulsive nerve synapses in your brain that cause a serotonin rush and high feeling when you dial much like the sensations from stealing, cheating and other rebellious, socially unacceptable acts.
Inebriated instant messaging, texting, and facebook messaging are in the process of being reviewed for inclusion, as well.
Most of us have secret and shameful addictions. They might be as socially unacceptable as smoking or as physically harmful as a dependency on Class A drugs. However, drunk dialing is a habit so perilous it can effectively change your life in a few short seconds.
How did something as seemingly harmless as dialing get classified a disease? According to dictionary.com, the true definition of an addiction is the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma. This incessant need to talk to EVERYONE when drunk certainly can have devastating results on relationships- personal or professional. While your mind is free and at ease to share your most remote feelings and inner thoughts, your lack of judgment and filters are in fact being restrained through MAOI inhibitors. There are compulsive nerve synapses in your brain that cause a serotonin rush and high feeling when you dial much like the sensations from stealing, cheating and other rebellious, socially unacceptable acts.
Inebriated instant messaging, texting, and facebook messaging are in the process of being reviewed for inclusion, as well.
Further reading:
Drunk dialing ruined my life http://phuket-post.com/article.php?id=351
Serotonin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin
Addiction recovery http://www.netaddiction.com/
