Dab, actually I am a big fan of Dexter but this is not the reason why I call my addiction my dark creature. I have a "spiritual" mentor who is native american and he is the one who started to refer to my addiciton as my "dark creature." since I truly appreciate native american worldviews, (lived in guatemala among the mayan quiches for over three years) I immediately relate to the term. But now that you mention it, yes, Dexter does refer to it as his dark creature... hmmm... interesting.... anyway thank you for the encouragement. hoping your day is going well...