Originally Posted by
Creekryder 
But is it a slow-drip for the sinister addiction that is not placated with its drug of choice but with a milder, less damaging substance? This may keep it in a quasi-suspended animation while it lies in patient waiting to re-emerge and take its position once again when the opportunity arises. Food for thought?
Congrats on almost 5 months of sobriety! Addiction tendencies and replacements, compulsions, obsessions is something that has been on my mind lately as well. A few months ago I finally stopped chewing nicotine replacement gum. In its place at night I started chewing a certain brand of gum, four pieces at a time, that my dentist recommended because it has Xylitol. However, chewing half a canister in one sitting is definitely 100% an expression of my addict tendencies. Especially since chewing this gum results in an entire night of terrible gas. Yet I keep buying and chewing it anyway. Hypnosis?
