do what i did... save up a ton of cash and take out an equity house loan... then build three 7,000 gallon ponds, a 25,000 gallon pond and setup ten 100g tanks and a couple of other miscellanious tanks around your house too...
as far as addiction goes, remember that a crack addict didn't start with a 400 dollar a day habit................he started with a bottle of beer at a party and worked his way up.......i know i know not a good example but the consept is the same - - -start small ....and you have a good start....and just feed the habit as you can ......and soon enough you'll be in AA with the rest of us {Aqueriums Anonomous}
Speaking from my professional life, addictions have a life cycle, and people using drugs are asked to decide where they fall in the life cycle.
Recreational Use >>> Abuse >>> Addiction
Recreational Use = doesn't interfere with normal functioning, or cause social, work, relationship, or financial problems, etc. There is no significant risk taking, etc.
Abuse = using sometimes causes the problems listed above, other people may be concerned about you, significant risks are taken such as driving drunk (or bringing home a new 75 gallon tank), consequences are occurring.
Addiction = making deals with yourself, such as if I don't drink during the week I can party on the weekend, (or if I buy some supplies on sale I can buy a bunch of fish for that 75 gallon tank). User often can't function day to day without drug (or fish) of choice, prefers drug of choice over social, work, or personal commitments, often finances are depleted, and user is often unable to stop even when faced with serious legal consequences such as the drunk who has 3 DUIs and is facing jail next time but he still drives drunk. (Or continuing to bring fish stuff home as your wife is moving everything you own onto the driveway.)
Hi, my name is Zambize, and I'm an addict.
I passed Recreational Stage in about 1 month, zoomed well into Abuse Stage in a couple of weeks, and 6 months later I'm near the end of Abuse Stage and showing definite signs of ADDICTION. Augh!
wow.....with in those guide lines i went from recreational user to addict in about 3 weeks - - -this coming from some one who went from a nice 20 gallon long set up from my wonderful wife for christmas to about 1200.00 dollars invested with in the first month and a half - - -so yeah I'm and addict as i have to check the driveway everynight when i come home from work as well Z ....lol , but this addiction has replaced a very expensve sports car habit ............doesn't that have a name as well?.........when you replace one thing for another and never really cure the addiction??????? should I stay away from crack ????? LMAO
oh imsure of that ZZZZZ.....i have to be very careful with my life,my fathers side of the family are all alcoholics...........im a money spender, workaholic....toy collector - - - -but my wife is a good balance for me and keeps me in line if i get to crazy - - -like now .........i have 2 jeeps in the yard, a twin engine jet boat, a cuddy cabin boat and a pontoon boat a couple snowmobiles in the barn and i want jet skis and a bigger boat {cabin cruiser type} but the wife has put her foot down for me.......it'll all come in time and it will mean more when it does come rather than the brief high of instant gratification ..................Boss
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i think that me and you are distant relitives and the same with our wives......if i had free will i would have a few more BMW's and about 1000 more gallons :)
mabey an extra part time job too....60 hours just isn't enough
I got into older Porsches for about 10 years - -started with a POS 914.....moved to a 914-6 {didn't realize at the time how rare it was} then went to liquid cooled front engines.....924 {wrecked} two 944 N/A and then went all out and bought a 928 S4 .....she was my baby and holy crap a scary fast car - -I autocrossed a 944 N/A with a friend out in KS but his 944 turbowas a much nicer cart than mine ....the holy grails {yes two,lol} are a 1986 twin turbo wide body 911 and a 1955 356 speedster....but the tanks are keeping me satisfied now
hey - -Serial32 has a BMW 325E and the battery keeps dieing for no apparent reason.....i'm a pretty good technical guy and I can't chase this thing out.....i have heard of other bimmers doing it as well....ever run into it with yours and did you get it figured out??????
