"An ironic drama plays out on our televisions every day. Watch an hour of primetime and you'll see a certain lifestyle portrayed by the characters. Smoking. Drinking. Drugs. Sex. When these patterns of behavior are not portrayed in a positive light, they're usually shrugged off or casually laughed at. Then come the commercials.

No, don't get up. Sit. Watch the irony play out before you.

First you'll see advertisements promoting the same lifestyle, but you won't have to watch long before you'll see an anti-drug commercial�a little later, an anti-smoking commercial. Pay close enough attention and you'll even hear a warning against excessive drinking.

I find it interesting that so much time and money goes into creating shows around a certain lifestyle only to have little sidebars during the breaks whisper, "Don't try this at home. It's actually dangerous and not glamorous at all."

But I find it more interesting that I've never seen a commercial to counter the allure of sexual images splayed across our screens. Yet, those pictures can lead to sexual addiction, a biological disorder every bit as severe as drug addiction."