You know you're addicted to scuba diving when:

[samaka]

every morning the sound of shaving foam (psshhhht) makes you want to go diving.

you actually like wearing a full-length wetsuit, hood, gloves, boots, fins, mask, snorkel, buoyancy compensator, compressed air tank, scuba regulator, dive computer, a knife strapped to your inside calf, and 7 kg of lead around your waist.

the local dive shop people recognise you - on the telephone.

you automatically breathe out when you walk up a flight of stairs.

you suddenly discover a fervent interest in attending scientific conferences in Vanuatu, the Red Sea, the Caribbean, Thailand and the Great Barrier Reef.

the value of money is measured by how much dive gear you could buy with it.
no-one asks for your certification card any more.

fresh air is starting to taste funny.

the most comon word on your credit card bill is DIVE.

your house always smells of wet neoprene.

You worry that your office elevator is ascending too quickly

Your dive log is available on Amazon.com.

You worry that your office elevator is ascending too quickly.

You've stopped logging your dives because it's easier to just log your surface intervals.

Your "time to fly" is measured in months.

Your picture appears on fish identification tables.

You clear your ears prior to stepping on a down escalator

you put your left shoe on by dropping it on the ground, standing on the toe of the shoe with your right heel, and forcing your left foot into the shoe


I don't know if this been posted before but I think it's funny so...

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[MichiganScott]

Ah, the smell of wet neoprene...

 

[ScubaSteve]

I do not remember exactly how it went (someone please correct me) but the best one of these "You know you are addicted to Scuba when......":

You walk up to the cashier with a package of 'D' cell batteries and KY jelly and think there is nothing funny about it.

 

[SkipperJohn]

I do not remember exactly how it went (someone please correct me) but the best one of these "You know you are addicted to Scuba when......":

You walk up to the cashier with a package of 'D' cell batteries and KY jelly and think there is nothing funny about it.

 

[ScubaSteve]

Batteries for a flashlight and the jelly for lubricating a drysuit zipper (as I understand - I dive wet).

 

[DA Aquamaster]

Well.. not so much for dry suit zippers, but neoprene seals and snug fitting 5mm gloves are much easier to slide on with KY. And yes...I had a lady at a small town drug store comment once that I bought a lot of it.

 

[Captain_Bob]

your local dive shop manager is using your backyard for his wedding. WOW I really spend too much time there

 

[TheWetRookie]

...when your dive gear is never dry.

...when the value of your gear exceeds the value of your vehicle

...when you start going through withdrawls after missing a weekend of diving

 

[CamG]

Greetings fellow attics! Or should I say dive-aholics. I love the lists and have found many things that I am guilty of. I would like to add one.........
You make monthly installments to your LDS........
I must say the fresh neoprene smell is intoxicating!
It is good to be among friends who understand at least thats what I keep telling myself!
Have fun all and keep up the great work!
CamG Keep diving....keep training....keep learning!

 

[guamguy]

When you turn on the kitchen sink valve full open, then close it half a turn