10 Signs You're Addicted to Diving

[Sockmonkey]

From Kalatin, CaseyB449 and me:

1. You start to assess your land friend's ability to have your back when things go to hell.
2. You no longer detect the musty mold smell your car has acquired.
3. You’ve created a new Quicken category for scuba gear.
4. You're able to plan an entire week's worth of diving but have no idea what's for dinner.
5. You evaluate potential real estate rental/purchases by the amount of adequate drying and storage area it has.
6. You put on your coat, carry your shoes to the door, and put a hand on somebody's shoulder to put your shoes on.
7. You've purchased replacement pages for your dive log more than twice in the last year.
8. When asked questions you reply with hand signals.
9. You know how much remaining gas you had and how long into the dive you were when you saw the octo, but cannot recall what you ate for lunch that day.
10. Your significant other starts to ask "What days are you diving so I can schedule ____?" before he/she makes plans.

Any additions?

[60south]

The scuba gear in your car is worth more than the car itself.

[Grateful Diver]

- You store your scuba gear in the garage, and put the car in the driveway ... because your gear is worth more than your car.

- You name your first-born child "Deco".

- You spend more time at the dive shop than you spend at home.

- You buy your wife scuba gear for her birthday ... and she doesn't even dive.

- You haven't seen your parents in eight years ... because they live in the mid-west and there's no diving there.

- You service your dive gear religiously ... your car, on the other hand, has gone 15,000 miles since the last oil change.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[Pez7378]

I'm NOT Addicted!!

[Tom Nic]

I'm NOT Addicted!!

- You deny that any of these things have anything to do with you...

[babs13]

11. You seriously think of changing your car to a more appropriate "dive car".
12. You start re-evaluate your living situation and think of moving to a bigger place with a garage or more room to stow gear.
13. Your non-diving friends and family start thinking and continue to think you are a kook for all the diving.
14. Your vacation plans become dive oriented.
15. You've lost interest in shoe shopping or generally shopping, if it is not dive gear shopping.
16. You realize you work so you can get more dive gear.
17. You feel bad for consuming fish or seafood, because you'd rather see them alive below sea level.

[airsix]

1. You've already checked this thread more than once.

[Sounder]

11. You seriously think of changing your car to a more appropriate "dive car".

11a. In addition to your regular vehicles for daily use, you own a vehicle (for me, a little gray pick-up truck) exclusively to be used for diving.

11b. Your friends see you so often in your dive-mobile that they think that's the only car you own.

[Grateful Diver]

11b. Your friends see you so often in your dive-mobile that they think that's the only car you own.

Your friends see you so often in your drysuit that they think that's the only clothes you own ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[Alex]

Your primary form of communication is hand signals

Your son Deco just jacked your gray dive truck.

Hitting Deco is an everyday thing...

You've peed more through your P-Valve than you have in your toilet.

You have a hand signal for "low on beer" :occasion5:

[Ken G]

11. You seriously think of changing your car to a more appropriate "dive car".
12. You start re-evaluate your living situation and think of moving to a bigger place with a garage or more room to stow gear.
13. Your non-diving friends and family start thinking and continue to think you are a kook for all the diving.
14. Your vacation plans become dive oriented.
15. You've lost interest in shoe shopping or generally shopping, if it is not dive gear shopping.
16. You realize you work so you can get more dive gear.
17. You feel bad for consuming fish or seafood, because you'd rather see them alive below sea level.

Im guilty of all of these things!

[John Rawlings]

Your friends see you so often in your drysuit that they think that's the only clothes you own ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Wait....I don't understand....you actually own "clothes"?????

[Sockmonkey]

1. You've already checked this thread more than once.

Brilliant

15. You've lost interest in shoe shopping or generally shopping, if it is not dive gear shopping.

So true. Mmmmm shoes.

- You service your dive gear religiously ... your car, on the other hand, has gone 15,000 miles since the last oil change.

If I still owned a car I'd be guilty of the above... and the only reason I even need to buy a car at all is to go diving!

More like... everything else I own is a total mess but my dive gear is nicely orginized and tended to with loving care.

-Eric

[babs13]

Your friends see you so often in your drysuit that they think that's the only clothes you own ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

And, you may fail to recognize what other divers look like without their drysuit/dive gear on.....

And- the assimilation of words otherwise not as commonly used in everyday speech into everyday speech - buddy aka friend....lurk....bail....

And...you find that Crocs rock despite how esthetically pleasing they appear.

[Pez7378]

I CAN QUIT ANY TIME I WANT TO!!

[scottsax]

You only recognize dive buddies if they have their masks on.

You no longer use the "thumbs up" sign to indicate something is good, you use OK.

High heels and perfume no longer excite you, but the smell of seawater and neoprene is the greatest aphrodisiac.

You have more dive t-shirts than non-diving t-shirts.

You spent more on dive gear last year than you paid in taxes.

Your non-diving friends are no longer in your life.

(This one is only for me...)

Your dive gear gets serviced every 6 months to a year, but your saxophone hasn't been in the shop in 6 years.

While walking in the woods at night, you maintain indirect light contact with your buddy.

[Pez7378]

While walking in the woods at night, you maintain indirect light contact with your buddy.

Uh, Scott? This one's kinda creepin' me out.

[scottsax]

While walking in the woods at night, you maintain indirect light contact with your buddy.

Uh, Scott? This one's kinda creepin' me out.

You know, it probably would've saved the lives of those kids in The Blair Witch Project....

[Grateful Diver]

Yanno what's really scary? We're up to about 50 signs so far ... and I can relate to most of 'em ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[Nwbrewer]

I've been needing new shoes for 3 months, but there's always gas in my tanks....

[Pez7378]

I Dive because I WANT to. Not because I NEED to.

[scottsax]

I Dive because I WANT to. Not because I NEED to.

I'm NOT Addicted!!

Dude, that's the diving talking, not you.

[Pez7378]

Signs and symptoms of Scuba ABUSE

Health

Continuing to dive even though you have health problems that are affected or caused by your diving

Financial issues

Paying bills late; collection agencies calling
Inability to keep track of your money
Buying Gear you don't need just because it was on sale


Risky behavior

Diving with someone other than you regular buddy (Without their knowledge)
Entering the water without conducting a proper buddy check because your'e so excited to go diving

Employment or school

Continuing to dive even though you realize your job or education is in jeopardy
Missing work or school, or going in late due to the tidal schedules
Spending too much time on the scuba forums

Family and friends

Feeling annoyed when other people comment on, or criticize your diving habits
Feeling remorse or guilt after diving when you should have attended a wedding or funeral
Associating with questionable acquaintances or frequenting out of the ordinary locations when diving

Social life

Scheduling your day around diving
Ignoring opportunities to participate in other recreational activities that don't revolve around scuba
Diving alone or in secret

NONE OF THIS APPLIES TO ME!

[scottsax]

1. You've already checked this thread more than once.

Does that include refreshes?

[defied]

When in an elevator, you hold the door open on a floor between 10 and 15 for a safety stop.

Your dive computer costs more than your home computer.

House repairs usually involve a D-ring, locking clip, and at least one bowline knot.

your bath tub is filled with Dive fins, a drysuit, three different masks, and a rubber ducky.