Does Winter have an addiction? Or can we call this a harmless hobby? Your thoughts?

Instructions:
You will be required to complete a reaction paper related to a controversial topic with real world implications to addiction. This reaction paper is strictly an opinion-based paper with no right or wrong answer. In fact, I expect there will be many different RIGHT answers. However, you will be asked to support your opinion with either research you have come across or applied experiences. Considering our diverse backgrounds I look forward to a wide range of opinions.

While your individual opinion will be kept confidential between student and professor, I will summarize and report these back to the class as GROUP RESULTS. No individual will be identified.
The body of this paper is two pages in length (minimum and maximum) so you will need to be concise. You should also have a Title Page and References. Use APA format for in-text citations and references.

Reaction Paper: Related to the case study I included in the PowerPoint for Chapter 1. See media report on slide 7 or click on link below: http://www.chron.com/houston/article/Starbucks-biggest-fan-is-from-Houston-5804194.php#photo-6961782. What do you think about this dude, Winter Smith?

Back in 2005, when I was living in my home state of CT, I got this call from an amateur filmmaker who was doing a documentary on Smith. He ended up flying from Iowa (interesting that I live in Iowa now) to interview me and my students who had “analyzed” Winter in the Abnormal Psych course I was teaching at the time. The movie he produced was called Starbucking. I’m in it a couple of times and near the end of the film was specifically asked if I thought Winter had an addiction.

Likewise I will ask you the same question: Does Winter have an addiction? Or can we call this a harmless hobby? Your thoughts?

Besides the link above, if you Google Winter Smith Starbucks, you’ll get information on him going back to around 2002 or so which may help you to formulate your overall reaction to our case study’s behavior. Include at least one additional media report in your paper (in-text citation & in references).

Make sure at the end of the essay you include your vote (addiction: yes or no?).

The body of the paper should be two pages in length (minimum and maximum) so you will need to be concise. You should also have a Title Page and References. Use APA format for in-text citations and references. If I do not see that a vote has been clearly made, five points will be deducted from your overall score.

Submit your completed paper to the W1: Reaction Paper assignment submission folder