When One Addiction Feeds Another
For a long time, I didn’t realize I was stuck inside a vicious cycle. I thought I was just chasing enjoyment, opportunity, or momentum. But in active addiction, gambling and compulsive collecting didn’t live separately for me. They co-existed. They fed each other, quietly and relentlessly, until it became impossible to tell where one ended and the other began. When I’d join a break, the outcome almost didn’t matter. If I spent a significant amount