When Addiction to Creativity Becomes Destructive

Posted on | February 16, 2010 | Comments Off on When Addiction to Creativity Becomes Destructive

My name is Christopher and I have a problem. In fact, it got so bad that I left my guitar with a friend to ensure I wouldn’t be tempted to use it for the rest of the week.

It seems that two weeks ago, in rehearsing my new song “Blow” I banged up my vocal chords pretty good over the course of days. Then I had three performances in a week, and never stopped to let them rest. Then I started writing a new song (tentatively titled “Spiders”) which I could not stop working on. So more days spent singing and working for hours without rest. I finally managed to stop for two days, and on the third day I picked up my guitar, thinking I could manage to just sing softly for a short time, like an alcoholic who believes he can just drink a little bit. Four hours later I was sore again.

So now, my guitar is safely with a friend to prevent me from hurting myself again until I am healed.

I’m a creataholic. But I’m telling you, this song is GOOD.