When a person takes drugs or imbibes in the drinking of alcohol, it is not for no reason. Everything we do is for a reason. A person uses and abuses drugs because he feels a void. The job of the person is to find what that void is and thereby get to the root of the addiction.
People often eat because they feel an emotional void. We don't only eat out of hunger. If we did then we would eat faaaaar less.
It's estimated that 78 million dogs and 85.8 million cats are owned in the United States. Approximately 44% of all households in the United States have a dog, and 35% have a cat. What about other pets such as parakeets or fish? Many, many more. I am not here to speak against owning pets. It's a free country. What I would like to understand is what void are people filling by having these pets. Pets cost a lot of money and take up a lot of time. People value their money and many value their time as well. Yet, they are willing to expend much of both on a pet. So my question is - What is the void people are trying to fill? What are they missing in life that they fill in by having a pet? And do the pets really fill that emotional void?
I am sure that there are different reasons for different people. It would be interesting in discovering them in order to better understand the human psyche.
