It started out as just casual reading. A fantasy novel here, a sci-fi one there. It was college, everyone read like that. But when the party stopped, I continued to read. I started to work at a high stakes law firm. It was the kind of place where even the partners would keep full shelves of books in their office. I'd get home and read 1, maybe 2 books, and then go out to have a book with my coworkers. I thought I was just adjusting to the stress of adult life. But things got worse. I started having fights with my wife about the number of books I was buying. I promised her that I could stop at any time, but I had secretly started reading autobiographies behind her back. Things got worse. My wife left me, my prestigious job fired me when I'd read so much that I couldn't walk straight. I knew my story was reaching its final page when I bought Eat, Pray, Love. That's when I realized it had to stop and checked myself into Heritage House. The people there showed me that I could fill my time watching stupid shit on tic-toc or play video games instead. I turned my life around and haven't bought a book in over a year. So if you are struggling with reading addiction, know that there is treatment and there is hope.
Thank you for reading this.