I gave up alcohol and cigarettes (5 packs a day) and found food addiction to replace the compuslive and obsessive behavior I had shared with those 2 vices. Plus around the same time (43?) my bad leg started to act up and my aerobic exercises went to almost nil. Too much food in...too little exercise...too blind to see until it was so far past time for corrective action that my health and life was in jeopardy.

Fortunately, I have seen the error of my ways and the bane of my existance. Her name is sugar. Woof!