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It has been a while since I wrote my last article. It has been a while since I wrote anything longer than simple chat lines on IM and answers to comments. Hopefully, I haven’t lost whatever writing skills I managed to develop since the starting of this project.
The period in which I’ve been inactive has represented a short break from blogging, because even if I love doing this, I can only do it properly for so long. Now that the break is over, it is time to man the cannons.
In this article, I would like to say a few words about addiction; how to avoid developing one, how to figure out if you have one, how to isolate it and how to get rid of it.
For the purpose of this article, I will define an addiction as being a recurring compulsion by an individual to repeatedly engage in some specific activity, despite possible harmful consequences to the individual’s health, mental state or social life.
Addictions
Addiction is a terrible thing. You wake up and say “I’ll only have one cup today” through a groggy mind. Then that first sip hits your veins like a freight train.
Quitting an addiction is best done cold turkey… and you are beyond that point today… so you give in. You have that second cup, quickly followed by the third.
Before you know it, you’ve lost count, the coffee pot is empty, and you break into a cold, nervous sweat.
Without even thinking, you start brewing another pot, while saying to yourself “I’ll only have one more pot today”… and you hate the fact that you are lying to yourself. Addiction is a terrible thing.
