On a side note: Fact or Fiction- "Healthy Addiction"

At what point are you crossing the line? Usually, I learn the hard way. There's the addiction to television, bacon, cigarettes, alcohol, Facebook, gambling, checking your email, watching Jersey Shore, possessed by Scrubs, drinking coffee, and ___________ (fill in your own addition here). Of course, don't forget my addiction which in no way can I call a "healthy" addiction: I crave: desserts (sugar, sweets, pies, puppy chow, candy, cake, ice cream, milkshakes, you name it) (In fact, I currently have a severe stomach ache from eating to many Cigar Biscuits dipped in Nutella chocolate) Hong Kong is the king of candy. Every other shop you look into is loaded with candy and sugar. When I arrived in Hong Kong and saw these places, first thought = no wonder these people have bad teeth. I mean I thought I had a problem, whoa not compared to these people, I mean whose eating all this stuff. Imagine the candy shop from Willy Wonka and then put two on every block. It's ridiculous.

I digress, with a week and a half under my belt, I was doing well, hadn't had a single dessert.< Actually felt better not eating dessert, and then my addiction got the better of me. What started as one Oreo Mcflurry turned into a vanilla ice cream cone too. And then as the days went by, the habit kicked in and the self-control fell apart. Oh I think I'll have a vanilla ice cream cone after dinner and then 10 choco pies, some tiramisu after lunch, a box of Milano's and sure I'll try some of that, and oh my childhood favorite Koalas filled with chocolate on the inside aka Koala Walas as I call them (if you know what I'm talking about, then you know they're too good to pass up).

If you can keep your addiction under control, then good for you because you have a special gift for self-control and a strong will power. As for me, dessert is my achilles' heel, and there's nothing "healthy" about it. With Chinese New Year around the corner, I suppose I have the opportunity to try and redeem myself, or perhaps tai chi will be my remedy or Buddha can solve my problems. In the mean time, at least it's an addiction with some short term gratification. (I think I'll have some more Nutella) =) First step: I have an addiction to dessert.

Random Quote- "NOTHING CHOCOLATE....NOTHING GAINED."