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As for today's episode, it's time to come clean about how I have swapped one addiction

for another. Hello, I'm Patty O'Donnell,

colour expert for Farron Ball and the host of our first ever podcast, The Chromologist,

where paint and color meet life. Each week we immerse ourselves in the

life and home of a different special guest asking them to choose pivotal colors that

have shaped them on their life journey. So join me as I explore color with leading designers,

artists, creatives and performers. You can listen to the chromologist wherever you get your

podcast or learn more on the Farronball website. It is a well-known phenomenon in addiction recovery that in kicking one habit it can be almost surreptitiously replaced by another.

It's called addiction replacement or substitute addiction and it's when another

addiction manifests that might look slightly different but serves a similar

function to the previous addiction of either relaxation over stimulation or

escape and I'm sure we can all think of examples relaxation over stimulation or escape.

And I'm sure we can all think of examples,

both in the public eye and in our personal lives,

of people who have, say, recovered from drug and or alcohol addiction

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