Parent worries about son's Michael Jackson fandom
Just as you consume alcohol every day, you will have to choose to give it up -- every day. The mantra "one day at a time" was never so useful.
If you are able to break this up into daily stages, your daily successes will build upon one another. Research shows it takes about a month to break a habit. Succeeding at this could lead to other benefits for you.
Dear Amy: I do believe that your advice is usually sound and that you write well. However, when you printed a letter from a whiner who complained that an elderly neighbor "posted a radical, right-wing political ad on her Facebook page," you stepped into dangerous territory.
It was not at all necessary for you to include the words "right-wing" in this put-down of this old lady.
Amy, you either made an honest and dumb mistake or ... you are a looney leftist!
-- John
Dear John: I don't generally excise or change the words people use when they write to me, including yours.
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