Originally <a href='http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/showthread.php?p=26397798'>posted</a> on 10/15/2016:

Okay I was kidding... I read through the entire thread and I think I only saw it mentioned once... EXERCISE!!!

Fitness can become addictive and it does all of the good things for your mind and body like a mirror effect of how drugs destroy the mind and body. For some it is much easier than others. I have found that attaining a high fitness level is much easier for former athletes. If you played sports in HS or beyond, more than likely you already know what it takes to work out several times a week and track progress and get geeked on the results. People who have not had this experience tend to want a friend or trainer or somebody to keep them going... or they want quick results with silly additives or gimmick techniques or products.

Everybody can walk, run, ride and lift weights to some degree. The process is simple in my mind, eliminate all excuses in your way of attaining that next fitness level. There is no free lunch, eat healthy and exercise.

I have plenty of vices, but nothing on that level. I have been drinking too much most of life, and have cut back severely lately. It is not hard for me at all. I have smoked pot my whole life, but I have no intentions of quitting that... I think it is great.

My brother was a semi-functional crack head about 15 years ago when he moved from Boston to Atlanta. He visited me during his journey and stayed at my house. I later learned that he took his last hit from his pipe as he pulled away from my driveway. He told me he just went cold turkey and it worked. He was moving onto new life, new city and new employment and he knew it was time.

BOL