Re: AD's in cocoa?


Dawn wrote:
> Mally wrote:
> > "Dawn" <dawn.sellick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:KH1Df.64621$zt1.12657@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>Any excuse to drink cocoa and eat chocolate. Although I tend to drink
> >>cocoa when it's cold. But I also drink water. I'm still waiting for
> >>chocolate that tastes and feels good but doesn't have calories.
> >>
> >>Dawn
> >
> >
> > So! someone saw my post. I still can't see it, only your reply. Was there
> > two duplicate posts?
> > I use pure cocoa powder without sugar or dairy additives, and very very
> > rarely eat chocolate or sweets of any discription. I have heard that people
> > become addicted to the stuff. I know a guy who is a fitness fanatic and he
> > used to tell me he has to fight his chocolate addiction constantly. Bit like
> > alcohol then. It's a funny old world. Some people could not care less about
> > alcohol, others like me could not give a hoot about chocolate. Unfair world
> > .... LOL
> > Malcolm
> >
> >
> I just saw your post the once, plus your posts asking if your posts had
> been posted.
>
> I use fat-reduced cocoa powder nowadays, it gives a more intense
> flavour. I stopped adding sugar to the drink about 20 years ago when
> I'd reduced the amount to literally 5 or 6 grains. But I can't imagine
> not using some milk, skimmed, admittedly. As far as alcohol goes, I've
> never drunk much, I didn't drink at all until I met my ex. It wasn't
> until I was becoming more stressed at work that I began having one drink
> a day, which doesn't seem excessive by manyh people's standards. Very
> tempted to try a chocolate liquer though!
>
> I wonder if anyone is really addicted to something that is good for you?
>
> Dawn

If it was good for us, then we wouldn't be attracted to it in the first
place. Or is is that only bad things are addictive?

Nah. I just think we get addicted to certain things (it doesn't have to
be a substance) because they temporarily make us feel good, then keep
using them to keep the *high*. But the catch is when we stop using them
we feel even worse than before, so we get stuck in the cycle. The only
real way to break the cycle is to address the reasons why we felt we
needed the continuous *high* in the first place i.e.the problems that
made us feel like crap.

Well, that all sounded pretty obvious didn't it??

Al

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