Well, it's official. The test results have come back positive.

I

am

addicted to Yelp.

I'm not joking around here or trying to be funny. This is a serious problem! I am suffering.

You see, I've always enjoyed researching things. But this started to become a problem when, in conversations, if someone stated a fact that was dubious or asked a rhetorical question, instead of moving on and counting to speak like any normal, rational person, I would announce: "Wait. Let me Google it."

The thirst for knowledge has led me down a dangerous path, my friends, one which invites the fiery wrath of my mom and the annoyance of friends way too often.

But my condition continues to worsen.

It didn't take me long to graduate from wanting to Google anything and everything to trying to cure my horrible indecisiveness. Naturally, the first step was, if I was invited somewhere to eat, I would look up the place's menu and decide what I wanted beforehand. However, if I was unfamiliar with the restaurant, I had no idea how the food looked...

...so I started Yelping.

Initially, I Yelped just to see what these foods at places I was actually eating at looking like. But now I Yelp places I would never eat at, just to read the reviews and look at the pictures. I have never written a review, and I'll be damned if I ever do.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!

Clearly, I'm a sick, sick, lady.

I Yelp daily, reading, reading, reading reviews, deciding what coffee shops near me look like the best places to study and then deciding that, on second thought, they're actually too far away, so I'll just stay in my room and Yelp something else.

I am a Yelp addict. This is my story.