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Old 12-11-2017, 12:50 AM
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AlericB
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Tatsy, your story certainly shows why the separation from IT has to be a clean one. It's as if the Beast uses "salami tactics' to take over your life slice by slice. I guess it does this so that you never feel that you don't have a choice anymore and you have to quit for good.

If, say, the first time you went you watched the whole concert and saw the art exhibition in the interval but the second time not only did you remain at the bar rather than go round the exhibition, you missed the entire second half or went but ran onto the stage to share your singing gifts you might conceivably start to think that perhaps things were starting to get somewhat out of hand. But by the Beast using salami tactics you may never be put in this position where you realistically have no choice. You may start by missing the first couple of minutes, then leave early to get a drink at the end and then just giving the whole evening a miss and staying at home so you can drink. It will gradually take over your life without you ever feeling that you have to stop now.
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