The Addict Continued...

We are all addicts feeling a void with our drug of choice, I am just coming to that realization that some obsessions are not as bad as others. I know when my mother collected Native American artifacts, she got a high from picking out or finding that new one to add to her collection.
I know my father spends hours fine tuning his turbo Porsche and planning out trips because it gives him a high to do so. We all have something we like to get obsessed over...
Is it to fill a natural void that we are all born with as human beings, and therefore, we'll never feel completely satisfied with our lives? Some people could fill that void with the drug of religion; with which they become obsessed, or so it seems on the outside; however, to the religious, they are absolutely fulfilled, no holes to fill or that haven't been already filled by their religion.
I bet I could find a golfer who has the same religious experience when he is out on the course. So what am I replacing that unhealthy addiction with, extreme sports like surfing, (which has been referred to as a type of therapy for stress and anxiety as well as being referred to as a drug) religion, shopping WHO KNOWS. Can I force myself to become happy in an obsession as innocent as picking seashells on a beach or maybe growing a nice garden.
If obsession creates happiness and fills a void, then why is it looked upon as psychologically unhealthy? In psychology we are told that we need to dig into that void and fix it, but have we not already agreed it is good to have hobbies, and that we all have SOMETHING that we do that gives us a high that we are everyday planning on how we will attain that next high. So I ask you the reader of this blog, what are planning right now that gives you that uplifting joy that I call high.