So, Have you ever struggled with addiction or have been close to folks who have?

It's not an easy thing, right?

That is one of the trickiest, most baffling aspects of human nature,

and not just in other people it's horrifying when you run into

it in yourself and look I know that when I say addiction our brains all go to the really big scandalous ones, the addictions that have

names, but even if you've never struggled with that kind of an addiction you've

probably struggled with some sort of cycle of thought or action

that you struggle to break, that you're ashamed of, that becomes a metaphor for your life being

out of control and you not being able to pull it together

and handle things. Because there are tons of addictions, maybe that's too strong a word, but

cycles of thought and action that don't have names and that aren't all

that scandalous and that if you told many people about it they'd be like okay

whatever you're addicted to that okay you can call that an addiction if you

want but I wish I was addicted to that.

Then they would make light of it.

But you know what I'm talking about, right?

There have been things in your life.

I guarantee it that you looked at that thing,

whether it's invisible in your brain

or physical, something harmless to most people

that you drink or eat whatever,

and it gets out of control. There's been something in your life

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