Religion vs Addiction

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I hope you're not like me. I always find something - drugs, sex, food. If it feels good, I do it to excess. If it feels bad, I avoid it to excess, even when it's good for me. For instance, it has been a real struggle to make it to the gym 3/4 days/week since January, and too often I'll reward myself with a drink or .

This is one of the most pernicious evils of demon rum <substitute vice here>. The agility, the variability of the reasons to have a drink are infinite. Had a bad day?, aw, here, have a drink to soothe it. Celebration? Cheers! ad infinitum.

Of course, the rum isn't the demon, but our own ability to rationalize and justify. If the drinking is a problem, then the solution lies in the same place as the problem, in my head.