My drug withdrawal – Confessions of an addict
“Without music life would be a mistake.” ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
I listen to music because if I didn’t I would be dead. I need it like oxygen, however silly that may sound. I get all stressed up when I haven’t heard music in a lot of hours.
According to that, you can imagine how pissed I was when my iPod touch suddenly was not working any more (well, not mentioning that I spilled some sparkling wine over it).
Taking away the music from me and telling me that it’ll take at least two weeks until I’ll get it back (That’s how long it takes getting my iPod repaired.) is like sending me away for a withdrawal treatment.
Confessions of an addict:
My name is Toni, and I’m an addict.
I’ve been addicted to listening to music for a very long time. And being addicted to music is like being addicted to crack. Okay. I’ll confess. I’ve never smoked crack.
But the rush of live concerts… When the band is killing it onstage, then I am high. At that very moment I am completely myself, dancing from the depths of my soul and telling my story. When the song is strong, and the rhythm track is hot, I catch a buzz. All of a sudden I start dancing uncontrollably in the middle of the room. I feel like I’m stoned.
“If music be the food of love, play on. Let me have surfeit of it that I may sicken and die.” ~William Shakespeare
The music gives me a fullness of life and the complete armor of expression. There are songs that make me want to dance, songs that make me want to sing alone, but the best songs are those that bring me back to the moment I first heard them.
I’m really passionate about music. I’ve gotta have it – every day, all day, all night, if possible. I keep chasing that “high”, hoping for the same feeling, a sudden moment of inspiration or a better, more intense high. I listen to music because it is the best and the fastest way to get some weird sense of the mood I am presently in, feelings I encounter. And that’s why I will never quit.
My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require. ~Edward Elgar
I also use music as a couch; I want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. Music washes away from my soul the dust of everyday life.
Music wakes me up; perks me up like coffee,
Music stays with me in my journey,
Music is with me when I am busy,
And music is there with me when I am snoozing.
In the evening when the weary self is heading home music relaxes my soul,
Making the bread and butter music spices up the dreaded task,
At the night time music slowly lulls me to sleep,
Preparing me to face another rough day made sweet by music.
I’m in control. But the first step to control is admitting that I’m an addict, and music is a drug that I will never quit! That’s why I call it absolute torture to leave me without it…!!!
Are you an addict? Do you have your high under control? Hit me up and tell me your story…
Music is my drug. What is yours?
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