Today he might also include in his sermon: sugar, caffeine, talk shows, gourmet cooking, music buying, right- or left-wing politics, Internet cafés, cell phones, the CFL or NFL or NHL, the New York Times, the National Enquirer, CNN, BBC, aerobic exercise, crossword puzzles, meditation, religion, gardening or golf. In the final analysis, it’s not the activity or object itself that defines an addiction but our relationship to whatever is the external focus of our attention or behaviour.
