Australia A Nation Of Addicts!

AUSTRALIANS love coffee, chocolate and computer games, and more than two-thirds say they routinely ignore chores to do something more fun.Survey results released today found 95 per cent of Australians admitted to having an everyday addiction.

The Reader's Digest survey found just about every Australian admitted to "a harmless everyday compulsion – something we do or buy not because we have to but because we find it just too hard to resist".

The survey, taken by 750 adults, was split into three categories: eating, retail therapy and time-out activities.

According to the poll, 41 per cent of Australians regularly shopped for "treats" rather than essentials, with nearly one-third keen bargain hunters.

Women were more likely than men to consider themselves shopaholics, many stating that clothes and accessories were their weaknesses. Men preferred to treat themselves to hobby items and DVDs or videos.

The survey found 67 per cent of Australians routinely ignored essential tasks in favour of "time out" activities.

One-quarter watched television, another quarter would surf the internet and 29 per cent opted to playing computer or video games.
Sixty per cent of those polled said they regularly craved certain foods and drinks.

Coffee topped the addiction for almost one-third of people, with chocolate a close second followed by soft drinks, chips and lollies.
One in 10 people said they were addicted to exercise.

Many also said they were addicted to seafood, nuts and "fresh crunchy fruit".