I am pleased to say that I have - I hope - kicked the one and only addiction that I have had in my life. In saying that I am not bragging, simply stating a fact. I stopped smoking back in 2011 and I have to say I found it almost too easy. That wasn't my first attempt to wean myself away from the weed in the 50+ years since I had first become addicted. Other attempts had failed after various lengths of time and for a variety of reasons. This time, though, I had a much greater incentive: I had been introduced to my
Macmillan nurse after an x-ray revealed a shadow on my lung so it really was a no-brainer.
Now I read that in research undertaken by some heart disease related charity that giving up chocolate is harder than giving up smoking! But why, I ask, would we want to give up chocolate? Other research has shown that chocolate - specifically, dark chocolate - is good for us and wards off heart attacks!
Apart from the small matter of one lot of research "proving" one thing and another lot of research "proving" the opposite, I have to wonder why a charity is spending money on this sort of research.
Oh well...
I expect it has more to do with the sugar and fat content than the fact that it is chocolate. I prefer dark chocolate, which is thankfully quite good for you! When I am in France one of the discount food stores has dark chocolate with almonds -- my absolute favourite!!
ReplyDeleteI, too, gave up cigarettes years ago, but remain addicted to chocolate.
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