“I started doing it at the tender age of six. Once having tried it, I couldn’t quit. All my thoughts were about it, I spent my each spare minute doing it. I felt ashamed of myself. Other boys were playing football in the yard but I was in my room engaged in my favourite pastime. I just couldn’t stop doing it! Soon it became my mania: I started doing it at night, under the blanket, so that my parents wouldn’t catch me doing it. But my father noticed it. He said that he had the same addiction and it was quite natural and actually harmless but it would be better if I learned to manage my habits, besides the weather was so warm and sunny and there were so pretty girls walking . However, it was impossible for me to overcome my addiction. It took such a strong hold of me that I started doing it at school, right there, under the desk, if the lesson was boring. My addiction replaced me friends and society, it taught me to be self-sufficient and find pleasure in solitude. As I grew older, I realized that there are other people, though not many, with the same addiction. If any of you had the same addiction, could you give me advice how can I stop being constantly reading?”
I read this story in Russian and thought it is worth sharing. Waiting for your adviceJ)))))))
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I wonder if you people get this message. Do you know that this blog has stopped being visible? Somebody has found it too interesting..:))))))
Batuhan, think positively!!
Mary, thanks for liking the story, you are so smart and cool guessing what it is about!
Rys, thanks for taking the trouble to read my blog. I confess I had the same addiction to reading, I was lucky to have a good library nearby.
Mohammad, high five for that!
Vision, I guess misleading the reader was the purpose of the writer. :)))
Inna!! I always LOVE your blogs! So bad that you don't post very often!! :(
Okay, I'll tell you that the little devil sitting on my left shoulder was thinking 'dirty' at the begining (that's the funny thing that suggests the text! haha) but after reading four lines, my little angel sitting on my right shoulder told me that probably it was talkin' about books ;)
A very funny and cool story Inna, thanks for sharing! ^_^
Oi Inna,
I absolutely agree that this "under-the-blanket" addiction can be vaxating, especially if the victim is in a boarding school and has limited pocket money allowance. It's like being between the envil and the hammer....what to buy, batteries or hamburger or other tempting stuff.
But I didn't mislead ,,, I know Inna !! :)