… For example, you may feel fine while talking to people, while watching television, reading a book, eating (especially less healthy foods), smoking, drinking, web-surfing, drugs, or other pursuits. Perhaps you wonder if some of these activities are becoming compulsive for you, but you're not sure. In any case, while such activities provide relief, you find it is always temporary. Other activities only seem to heighten the sense of meaninglessness in your life. Things like going to work or school, …