Addiction

Title:
Workaholism

Introduction:
First, to begin this essay I investigated about the most common addictions that are out there and I found 10. Out of those 10 I reduced my list for the onesthat I thought weren’t that common: food addiction, video games addiction and work addiction.
After investigating a little deeper about each addiction, I made my choice of the one that I felt kind ofrelated, and it was the one about work.

Development:
In my investigation about the addiction of work I found that the person who suffer about this new sickness “tends to be so task focused that heloses focus on the important relationships in his life” such as marriage, children, family and friends. Also they damage their health and they have obsession with control.
One thing that I found Ithink that is very important to know, are 3 stages that leads us to know if we are becoming or we may know someone who is becoming a workaholic. The first stage is called Early Stage and is when theworker (because he still a regular worker) is super busy always doing extra hours, even if he doesn’t get paid for the overtime, and does not get a free day.
In the second stege, Middle Stage, is whenthe person starts to get away from personal relationships, even when he is at home he keeps working, they find trouble to sleep, feeling tired all the time, and maybe gaining or losing weight.
Thethird stage, Late Stage, is when your entire system is getting complicated, you’re getting headaches, elevated blood pressure, stomach ulcers and increased risk of stroke.
The way to get out of thisissue is important to first accept that you have a condition; talking with parents, kids, spouse, friends, family or someone of trust will be the first step. In the article where I based my essay ismade by someone that was a workaholic, and he gives some tips to help people get away from this problem like schedule time, forcing social interaction, taking time for health and making breaks....