'Harry Potter' Is Addictive, Study Concludes

[potioncat]

 Lee Kaiwen  
 The implication of the reporting is that 
> these people are addicted to Harry Potter because Harry Potter is 
> addictive, when I strongly suspect the truth is the study is simply 
> rediscovering what we already know -- some people are easily 
addicted. 


> Tiffany:
> 
> I never really got all that hooked into the series to truly be 
addicted 
> to it, but I did dress as a Potter character several times for 
> Halloween, have some costumes, trading cards, & action figures, in 
> addition to the books & movies themselves.  I have some friends of 
mine 
> in college who have their dorm rooms decorated in Potter related 
> stuff.  I can easily relate, as I've seen a whole lot of rooms like 
it, 
> but that's not my cup of tea to get that hooked into it.  I have a 
> cousin who's really big into Trek, so I know all about addiction & 
the 
> lengths of addiction that some fans get to.


Potioncat:
Not responding to the article, which I didn't read, but to the posts 
about the article:

Ahem. 

Let's see, how can I say this in the kindest possible terms?

Forget the "they." If you're still reading HP boards and particularly 
if you're still posting...you're addicted.

That is, we are addicted.

Potioncat--who knows there are worse addictions out there, and glad 
she picked this one.