Spiritual Heroin

Cynicism is spiritual heroin. At first the junk makes you feel good and takes the edge off reality. It gives a young addict the illusion of "being on top of the game." But it eventually becomes nothing more than another bad habit you gotta feed. Quitting means withdrawal, and until you're ready for that unpleasant experience, you dangle from invisible strings like a zombie-puppet jerked around by the devil himself. It's an awkward situation, to say the least. I'd like to just go cold turkey - but thus far, I haven't had the stomach for it. However, weaning myself little by little hasn't worked very well either - too easy to take one step forward and two steps back. But like most things of this nature, it's probably best to avoid talking about it too much.