Re: WTF?! "I Do Think At A Certain Point You've Made Enough Money"

On Wed, 12 May 2010 08:10:54 -0700, Miss Elaine Eos wrote:

On 2010-05-12 05:03:15 -0700, "Alex W." <ingilt@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Mrs. Misc is a shrink. I once asked her how she differentiates
(professionally) between "driven" (a virtue) and "obessed" (not.)
Basically, it boiled down to whether or not it was adversely affecting
your relationships and life.

(It's more complictated than that, but that's a good summary.)

Now ask the missus how to define "adversely affecting".
Different yardsticks for different folks for that one, too.

That's the "it's more comlicated than that" part. It turns out there
are entire college degree programs centered around this question. You
can run the same sort of conversation -- with similar answers -- around
"professional poker player" vs "addicted gambler."

I guess it boils down to "it depends"... on the circumstances and
the indivdual. One or two alcoholics I have met were highly
functional at levels of ethanol intake that would floor normal
people.
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