My kind of drug

The more I think about it, I'm starting to realize that I've developed a full blown music addiction. Like every time pop on my earbuds and turn on the iPod, I get this "high" that just takes me to this other place...away from all the shit in this world...a place where there's only me and I'm left alone to just wander aimlessly while I lose myself in the melodies and rhythms of the song that's playing. 

It's practically a drug for me. Everyday I'm in need of a "fix" and if I don't get that "fix" I go through this withdrawal and try to search for an alternate way to play some music at comfortable volume. It's that important to me. The sound of music has become so integral to me life nowadays. I listen to it when I'm happy, sad, angry, when I just wanna day dream, when I just wanna forget about something, when I'm trying to get over someone, when I want to remember someone, or when I just need something to tune out all of the bullshit that happens to me. 

Music is always there for me when there isn't anybody around. The sound of Metric keeps me mellow, Coldplay is always there to help me get back up on my feet, a little bit of DMX keeps me going when I work out, and the list goes on. 

Knowing that I have an addiction to this may sound unsettling, but look at it this way. I'm not exactly snorting cocaine here. Not hurting anyone else, not stealing any cash to buy more music. I just need to listen to what I've got and that would just be good enough for me. If anything, it's helping me. It helps me bring me back into focus whenever I lose it or am feeling downright shitty. 

For all of this, I would just like to end off by saying, don't shoot up heroine or smoke a cigarette, instead pop in some earbuds and let the music take you away...

(Just a little note, I do indeed have a volume lock on my iPod, this is mainly due to the fact that my hold button popped off and having the volume lock prevents me from accidentally putting the volume to max whilst I'm on the go)