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Originally Posted by Mivo
Alcohol, gambling, hard drugs, they are all destructive in nature. Writing and other creative activities are, in constrast, productive. Certainly, you could get so absorbed that you neglect necessary obligations (or to eat and wash), but any hobby or occupation contains a seed of that danger.
Then again, I don't get those adrenaline or endorphine rushes when writing. There are feelings of relief and satisfaction, but nothing yet that I would call primal or very raw. Which is a shame. I think I'd like that!
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Anything can be addictive and self-destructive when taken to extremes and an addictive personality is prone to this in almost any endeavor.
The "Rush" is exactly the idea that came across to me from the NPR interview and what triggered this thing in my mind. I have absolutely gotten a rush and a high at time when completing or reading a piece or part or whole of my writing.
Thanks.