Over at Copyblogger, Jon Morrow posts about how writing can make one feel drunk. I haven’t been that drunk but I know that alcohol can be well, a bit addictive. It led me to think why and how blogging can actually control the deepest recesses of humans.
Much like alcohol, blogging can sometimes make you just want to forget you’ve actually posted something foolish. You blog and you post. And when you get to reread them the next day, there’s a small voice inside you that says ‘Delete Post’. And much like alcohol, you blog like you can’t live without it.
I like how Morrow presented the analogy. Quite a dirty analogy but it’s so true — blogging and alcohol. So here are my own explanations of Copybloggers’ list why blogging can sometimes be synonymous to alcohol :
You Think the Post is Brilliant. More often than not, bloggers are proud thinking their every post is just that brilliant. For alcoholics, any type of alcohol can perhaps be the most beautiful thing that ever happened in their lives. Some prolific bloggers even expect that their readers would always dig their blog posts. It isn’t the case always and oftentimes, you forget about search marketing standards because you can’t wait to just blog.
You Think the Post is Hilarious. Since when is alcohol hilarious? I know blog posts can be hilarious at times but remember that humor can be really dangerous. What is comedy to you may be drama for others. Alcohol on the other hand, can be hilarious because it makes you do things you wouldn’t normally do, ergo, dangerous. Enough said.
You’re Actually Drunk or High. Blogging can make you high literally. You post something and you get too excited with the response of the people. You wait for the comments and check your dashboard every 10 minutes. Obviously, alchohol makes you want to drink as if there is no tomorrow. Remember that not all blog posts will benefit your readers much like not all alcohol types can make you forget you just broke up with your girlfriend.
Your Heart is Pounding. The site of a beer bottle can give you a heart attack. Blogging can also give you a heart attack until you blog about what you just read, thought, or seen. You heart beats until you actually tap your keyboard the same way your heart pounds the first time you drink beer after a season of alcohol drought.
You Can’t Wait to See How People React. You look at your dashboard for new comments like a protective mother bear. You think about how people will react. As for your alcohol, you also can’t wait to see how people would react to you once you decide to binge drink or pass drinking for the night.
Your Stomach Tightens Up. Ever had those times when you just wan to puke upon reading your older blog entries? How about your stomach tightening because of too much alcohol? It’s time for you to rethink what you just did so it’s either you edit or delete the post entry or sober up fast.
You Hesitate Before Clicking ‘Post’. Perhaps this may not be a challenge for more experienced and professional bloggers but others may still not be that confident. You’ve tried drinking alcohol, but sometimes the effect on you is different each time.
Blogging is indeed addictive as alcohol. For me, it’s amoral like most Web 2.0 programs. It’s up to the blogger how he uses the blog for his own purposes and worldly desires much like it’s up to those who drink alcohol why they do such.
