work is like crack

i've never had cocaine in any flavor, but work, at least at Yahoo! and at least for me, is not that different from some of the experiences associated with powerful narcotics.

It's a huge rush.
It's consuming.
It's a heightened state of awareness.
Stopping causes a huge crash; loss of energy, exhaustion, etc.
It's addictive.

Again, not sure it's Yahoo!, me, the nature of work, or all three. But yesterday I described my work to my sister as "crazy, insane, out of control, normal". And that's pretty much it. It's normally insane and out of control.

No wonder I have such a hard time getting up in the mornings. Every day is exhausting.