{"id":46,"date":"2012-08-04T09:38:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T13:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wallyword.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2012-08-04T09:38:36","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T13:38:36","slug":"an-addiction-of-olympic-proportions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wallyword.com\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"An addiction of Olympic proportions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Addiction<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cthe state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m scared. Really. We\u2019re half way through the Olympics, and I\u2019m already in fear that the above-mentioned trauma has hit our family.<\/p>\n

It started slowly like most addictions. Being swimming fans, we DVR\u2019d as many of the sessions as the poor box would allow. This gave us hours upon hours of content to view. We loved it. Sure, speeding through things like the Equestrian events (I mean using horses in water polo is just plain cruel), and badminton (sandbagging is just not right) to get to the swimming events, you would think all was fine and we could \u201cquit\u201d at anytime.<\/p>\n

Then it happened. We would pause on selected events to check them out. Wow, handball and rowing, let\u2019s watch. Sweet. Wow, skeet shooting and archery, let\u2019s watch. Sweet. Wow, ping-pong and volleyball, let\u2019s watch. Sweet.\u00a0 Women\u2019s weightlifting, WTF?, let\u2019s watch. Um, not so sweet.<\/p>\n

You get the picture, we just kept adding sports until we realized we\u2019re going to bed really late most nights and not answering the phone.\u00a0 Friends think we are out-of-town. The worst part of the addiction is due to the time difference with London, we have to stay away from all news content and social media during the day so we don\u2019t accidentally see the final results.<\/p>\n

Yup, our day is just one big spoiler alert!<\/p>\n

With track & field just getting started, I\u2019ve decided we\u2019d better find an \u201cout\u201d or intervention of some kind. The good news is that most experts say the best first step is recognizing that you have a problem and then dealing with it…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Some medical doctors will probably say this isn\u2019t a real addiction, yet, I\u2019m still convinced some detox program is in order. Maybe its a simple as just breaking the \u201cspell\u201d we\u2019re under, so I\u2019ve come up with the following remedies which should provide the cure:<\/p>\n