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Passage Two

There are some people who actually enjoy work--in fact,they love to work. They spend many extra hours on the job each work and often take work home with them. These workaholics are as addicted to their jobs as other people are to drugs or alcohol.

In some city centers, workaholism is so common that people do not consider it unusual. they accept the lifestyle as normal.

Workaholism can be a serious problem. Because true workaholics would rather work than do anything else, they probably don’t know how to relax; that is ,they might not enjoy movies,sports,or other types of entertainment. Most of all, they hate to sit and do nothing. The lives of workaholics are usually stressful,and this stress can cause health problems. In addition, typical workaholics don’t pay much attention to their families. They spend little time with their children,and marriages may end.

Is workaholism always dangerous? Perhaps not.There are ,certainly,people who work well under stress.Some studies show that many workaholics have great energy and interest in life.Their work so pleasurable that they are actually very happy. For most workaholics,work and entertainment are the same thing. Their jobs provide them with a challenge; this keeps them busy and creative. Other people retire from work at age sixty-five,but workaholics usually prefer not to quit.They are still interested in work-and life-in their eighties and nineties.

Perhaps some people are forced to work, but their addiction to work seems to be a safe-even an advantageous-one.