Why is this so addictive?

[Bo-jan]

Hehe, I can relate to that easily! You know, I spent aobut 16 days at sea this year and only one day not diving (two days ago). It was really weird to be there on the beach and not be wearing my scuba gear! It took me like half a day to get used to it. And even then I had to pick up my mask and do some apnea Once you're hooked, you're hooked!

Cheers
Bojan

 

[Fin59]

They have vacations that DON'T involve diving? Just wait until you do your first dive trip in warm, clear, blue water..........no turning back then!

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

I got certified a month ago. I have 20 dives now. I am scheming to figure out when I can go down again, and I last dove yesterday.

I am diving, for the most part, in lousy viz and cold water. There are a lot of sea creatures down there, but you have to look for them -- it ain't Molokini on a daily basis. We shore dive in places where parking is a nightmare and you have to schlep equipment an intolerably long distance. My gear weighs about half what I do, and I can barely walk wearing it. I get cold at the end of almost every dive.

So tell me why I can't wait to do this again? Tell me why I have just realized that every vacation for 2006 is organized around diving? Tell me why, oh why I am contemplating purchases of equipment whose prices make me hyperventilate?

Are we all just chronically mildly narced, or what?

Of course it's addictive ... didn't they tell you that in OW class?

Nitrogen is a narcotic substance ... oxygen is a narcotic substance ... we're all addicts ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[jonix]

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dive safe

jon

 

[Firebrand]

It gets back to our primordial desire to conquer nature. If we can survive for an extended period underwater and see things that only a select few others have seen, we feel enriched. Plus, when you're scuba diving, you know it's just you, your buddy, and the environment. You do not focus on work, school, the car, or life. You are just there. Your ears are useless underwater for determining where a sound came from. You are just there to enjoy the sounds and the sights. It's relaxing on your mind to not always know where a sound came from. People take their hearing for granted, and your brain is always processing where sounds originate. With Scuba, your brain is stimulated through a different means without having to process where the sounds are coming from.

 

[wedivebc]

The first time I swam underwater I felt an ancient memory or feeling of familiarity with it, like deja vu', I believe those of us who are addicted to underwater adventure are closely connected to a prehistoric instinct and are just doing what comes natural.

 

[freediver]

So tell me why I can't wait to do this again? Tell me why I have just realized that every vacation for 2006 is organized around diving? Tell me why, oh why I am contemplating purchases of equipment whose prices make me hyperventilate?

Are we all just chronically mildly narced, or what?

The scuba industry has found a way to hook you. There are a number of different gases that are being put into your cylinder that have a powerfully addictive effect on you. No need to resist, just join your local SAG (Scuba Addicts Group). Be warned though, this group will probably want to share and compare their tools of addiction. That's Ok though. This is a great way to get your addiction in the open and share it with others.
There are even children becoming addicted!
Who me? No, I'm not addicted, I could stop this anytime I wanted! Oh, that thing? It's just a regulator, I always wear it duct taped to my face!

 

[abitton]

Yes, master.



;-)

 

[O'Malley]

Hi, my name is O'Malley and...I'm a dive-aholic.

 

[Damselfish]

Tell me why I have just realized that every vacation for 2006 is organized around diving?

Other than minor things, I haven't done a non-diving vacation in 15 years. Get used to it. Keep thinking we ought to see the dry places, but ...