You know you're a diver ADDICT when....

[krbailey]

so he got over his denial stage...

I've heard of diving in the Red Sea & Egypt, but nothing on that Egyptian river. I wonder what the current is like? I'll have to do a search on ScubaBoard.

Speaking of addiction, why are all of my posts during normal working hours? :no

 

[mgmonk]

Anyone else give up a promising, well paying career to eat noodle soup and nuts in another hemisphere so you could teach diving every day all day?

Not that I miss the food in the western hemisphere. I just miss all the deep fat frying they do to the food.

But I'd still rather dive at 7:30 in the morning 7 days straight than eat turducken deep fried.

mmmmmm turducken

 

[dive_lover88]

hey no fair!! you're getting paid for it too!!

 

[Oxy]

So how long do I have to stand up with the newcomers?

 

[dive_lover88]

until u start diving or get back into denial mode...

 

[krbailey]

The story of my addiction:

During my honeymoon in Mexico, a man dressed all in black approached me at the swim-up bar at our hotel.

"How would you like to try this?" he asks, showing me his "stuff". "The first one is free."

Well, after a 3 day binge that cost me $450, I have my OW certification.

Fortunately, my wife forgave me (after a not so small silver shopping spree!)

Apparently not realizing the extent of my addiction, she let me book our next vacation to Cozumel. Silly woman. After 17 dives in 5 days, we barely spoke on the plane home. I swore never to do it again.

We are going to the Jersey Shore for the 4th of July with another couple. She doesn't know that the husband is also one of us. We've been quietly making dive inquiries.

I thought I heard her talking to the producers of "Intervention" the other night.

Oh the shame.

 

[Oxy]

maybe you should go join bottomfeeder in the real addicts section
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Now I have to go put on my wet wetsuit and go to the bea, er to a meeting.

 

[philmayer]

I can't remember where I found this:

1. Do you lose time from work due to diving?
2. Is your constant talking about diving making your home life unhappy?
3. Do you go diving because you are shy with other people?
4. Are trips diving affecting your reputation?
5. Have you ever felt remorse after returning from a dive?
6. Have you gotten into financial difficulties as a result of diving?
7. Do you turn to lower companions and an inferior environment when diving?
8. Does your fixation on diving make you careless of your family's welfare?
9. Has your ambition decreased since learning to dive?
10. Do you crave a dive at a definite time of day?
11. Do you want to dive the next morning?
12. Does thinking about your dive trip cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
13. Has your efficiency decreased since returning from diving?
14. Are trips to dive jeopardizing your job or business?
15. Do you go diving to escape from worries or trouble?
16. Do you dive alone?
17. Have you ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of diving?
18. Has your physician ever treated you for diving?
19. Do you brag about your dives to build up your self-confidence?
20. Have you ever been to a hospital or institution on account of diving?

If you have answered YES to any one of the questions, there is a definite warning that you may be a Diveaholic.
If you have answered YES to any two, the chances are that you are a Diveaholic.
If you have answered YES to three or more, you are definitely a Diveaholic.
(Apologies to Robert V. Seliger, MD, Johns Hopkins University Hospital.)

I only answered yes to TWELVE of them. :11::11::11::11:

 

[jupitermermaid]

I can't remember where I found this:

1. Do you lose time from work due to diving?
2. Is your constant talking about diving making your home life unhappy?
3. Do you go diving because you are shy with other people?
4. Are trips diving affecting your reputation?
5. Have you ever felt remorse after returning from a dive?
6. Have you gotten into financial difficulties as a result of diving?
7. Do you turn to lower companions and an inferior environment when diving?
8. Does your fixation on diving make you careless of your family's welfare?
9. Has your ambition decreased since learning to dive?
10. Do you crave a dive at a definite time of day?
11. Do you want to dive the next morning?
12. Does thinking about your dive trip cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
13. Has your efficiency decreased since returning from diving?
14. Are trips to dive jeopardizing your job or business?
15. Do you go diving to escape from worries or trouble?
16. Do you dive alone?
17. Have you ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of diving?
18. Has your physician ever treated you for diving?
19. Do you brag about your dives to build up your self-confidence?
20. Have you ever been to a hospital or institution on account of diving?

If you have answered YES to any one of the questions, there is a definite warning that you may be a Diveaholic.
If you have answered YES to any two, the chances are that you are a Diveaholic.
If you have answered YES to three or more, you are definitely a Diveaholic.
(Apologies to Robert V. Seliger, MD, Johns Hopkins University Hospital.)

OMG! I have an addiction! I didn't say yes to # 12 because I dream about diving, so that's not a problem. Number 20 is no because it would cut into my dive time to be hospitalized or institutionalized. Number 16 is only a yes when I can't find anyone to dive with, so maybe that doesn't count??? My friends all shake their heads and call me a dive sl*t because I'll go down with anybody. Oh, the shame of it all. Guess I haven't hit dirt bottom yet, though, because I have no desire to seek help (and I don't overweight myself).

 

[GrlEEEgrl]

You and spouse are planning getting pregnant around the "off-season" then realize there isnt one and put kids off another year...(or so...)