The Proof of Addiction Thread

[JMNYC]

Hi all!

I thought I might start a 'Proof of Addiction" thread, so that everyone can submit one story which might quality them as a certifiable, orchids addict. Only people we do not want in our lives think of this as a dubious distinction.

Unlike the AOS, we will not award actual points, cause you either got this bug or you ain't got this bug.

I will begin with my account.

A while back, already after it was clear I was seriously addicted and out of control, I was about to attend our biggest Spring Show and my then boyfriend was going to come along.

Heroically and proudly, before we left, I handed him my wallet...keeping only my Metrocard, and said with absolute conviction, "Please keep this until we are on the subway on our way back, and, under NO CIRCUMSTANCES are you to give it to me, no matter WHAT."

He got it and nodded happily and gave a thumbs up.

The minute we walked into the show....my whole endocrine system changed. But I remained mostly normal. When, at some point, we ventured into the vendor's area.....I began to leave my body and, as I went from table to table... the demon began to take hold and burgeon. It was ALIEN redux.

Soon, there were three cultivars I would have happily killed for...then four.

At that point I turned to my BF, he later said, with dilated pupils....and exhaled "Give me my wallet."

He proudly nodded NO.

This became a pas de deux, with each exchange more intense and manic on my part: "I changed my mind! I am an adult!"

The demon finally reached critical mass, and I literally leapt about and screamed, "I WANT MY WALLET!!!! GIVE IT TO MEEEEEE!"

At this point, his eyes were darting about in terror, as he, and I as well, both realized some humans within this crowded arena were getting rattled, some I got, even then, thinking maybe I, the screaming flailing female had been actually robbed of this wallet by this male person!

The demon will not be denied. My BF, then with the face of an OMG!!! smilie... gave me the wallet. The demon won. Again.

I am JM in NYC....and I am an orchid addict.