Mary says: "A compulsion is any recurring activity that you use to manage your experience, around which you have little or no choice.  This definition covers everything from making endless lists, to heroin addiction to obsessive compulsive behavior.  Of course there are the more standard compulsions such as overeating, over drinking, gambling, and drugs.  There are also many hidden compulsions such as making lists, worrying, television and
overworking.  In fact, we can get compulsive about any human behavior.  We are compulsive about many things without even knowing it.  It is only when access to a particular behavior
is taken away that we see how it controls us."