From Steamboat Springs CO

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:22 am Post subject: From Steamboat Springs CO

http://www.thesteamboatlocal.net/article.php?id=653

Filling "The Void." This is what addiction is about. We try to fill the void with anything we can: with stuff, with alcohol, drugs or food, or with processes like gambling, shopping, sex, pornography, or even exercise or work — two of the more justifiable addictions. The problem is that "The Void" is not the shape of the substances or processes we try to put into it. The alcohol, drugs, and food leak out; the momentary satisfaction from processes evaporates like dry ice after a few minutes, and the stuff is simply NEVER ENOUGH