“If you find honey eat just enough –

– too much of it and you will vomit.”  Proverbs 25:16

Escaping into fiction –
fairy stories or mysteries –
relaxation
    –or addiction?

Alcoholic relaxation
– moderation
    – or addiction?
Temporary escape and cheer,
or fear
of bondage inescapable?

Escaping into messaging
cyber-friends and chatter –
does it matter?
if it makes me popular ,‘liked’ and zappy?.
– really?
and do they have needs, are they really happy?
    Communication
         or addiction?

Games of skill and games of chance:
pleasure and leisure.
Intense on winning?
gambling?
    Stimulation
        or addiction?

Relaxing escapism
temporary
not permananent artificial reality.

[IP: Fairy Stories. This may be an odd take from the IP. But it came to my mind partly because of the pieces highlighted recently concerned about virtual reality. I went through a time of reacting against getting addicted to reading fiction constantly, and fairly thoughtlessly, and later came back to realise its usefulness when choosing well and in moderation, in relaxation, and in opening up of thoughts re different ways people think, character, and action, and in being able to talk to my children about how and what they read, and how much! And so to other things useful sometimes but capable of harm if in excess – as in eating honey!]