The Addiction-Story

[binman]

I will start by introducing my self.My name is Brandon I am 23 and I live in Ozarks.The Ozarks is a wonderful place the scenery,outdoor recreation,lakes,caves,rivers,streams miles of forest, I consider to be Mother Nature's so called gift to it's occupants. It truly is amazing to live round these parts but the times and generation's are changing. I take a closer look in to this world now as I did back when.There are folks who watch the sunrise and those that watch the sun set. Some prefer land over water but not me as a child my greatest memories where on the water learning how to fish. I started middle school then in to high school not much fishing along the way. I guess most folks my age was not in to that,most wanted to do drugs and party not think about the consequences of their actions. That was not me as I got older I realized that I had my own addiction it was taking my time and my money it had to stop it was getting out of hand. I tried counseling he just laughed like it was not a real life affecting problem little did he know! I think this had started when I was about 16 or so where I decided that I would dedicate my free time to my addiction but I had to do some work to pay for it. In my free time I would go out to area's I had never been just like an explorer who knew where I would wind up. It was not until I hit about 21 before it hit hard enough that I had to confess. I sat my family down and told them my name is Brandon and I am Fishing Addict. There response was limited to none and I think they had relief of some sorts but that did not solve my problem!! It was never took in a serious manner to no body but me and the only way to fix it was fish more and more. It was great catching all sorts of fish from new areas that I lost sight of the addiction and just started to go on fun. I broke the addiction with out losing the high so to speak. I now enjoy fishing much more than what I used to and I now see the big picture!!

[fly2fish]

One man's addiction is another man's prescription.

F2F

[Al Agnew]

There is very little difference between addiction and obsession...and fishing is usually both.