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31 Post author: cousin_it 01 January 2015 12:22PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 25 February 2015 01:43:22PM 0 points [-]

While the return is diminishing, the addiction potential is increasing. One possible solution is indeed to go stoic, go for hormesis: http://gettingstronger.org/hormesis/

But I wonder if just varying your enjoyments would work? Planning a different kind of fun for every evening. Today it is chocolate, tomorrow we get drunk, day after we go see a movie, day after we play tennis...