Becoming addicted to overtime

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After finding myself sick of my current job, about a month ago, I began to start getting opportunities to start getting lots of overtime. Because I am a supervisor, I can only volunteer for overtime after the non-supervisory staff have gotten it. Recently, though, there has been so much that there is enough for anyone that wants it.
My regular pay is about $52,000 a year working two jobs. If I get one extra shift average a week, that will work out to about $12,000 a year extra. I am tempted to work around the clock for a year, bank some money and then slack off for a few months.
The weird thing is that I am becoming addicted to the extra money. I don't really spend any more when I have extra money. The only change in my lifestyle is that since I have started working more hours, I get takeout meals more instead of cooking for myself or bringing sandwiches to work. That is a significant expense, since I live in an area with a very high cost of living. I don't get much in return for the high cost of living. I am paying midtown Manhattan- Inner London style prices to live in a dull, North of Boston suburb full of country clubs and soccer moms, but with little in return for costing all that extra money. For all the nosebleed prices, there few decent restaurants or clubs. Here, you rarely see anyone with interesting conversation, stylished dressed, or even minimally good-looking.
This week, I am working 76 hours, but the $1900 before deductions for one week helps keep me from feeling tired.

At least you do not forget to reward yourself for doing all that work. Some people who get that addiction forget all about that and just work work work. Then they realise "Oh, crap, i forgot to live".

At least you are aware of it. If you are aware of something, you can always change if you do not like it. I would not recommend working more than 60 hours a week, working that much, regardless of what you do, will eventually affect your health.

Last I checked I was at $5,500 in OT since March, so a respectable amount as well, but I did it mostly by working longer hours on 5 days a week. I agree, it's nice.

That sounds good so long as you don't increase your living standards above what your regular hours will allow.