Addiction’s Army of Elves and the Nature of Self

Deep Fix №21

Living with addiction feels like an army of elves is inside your brain marching on a hamster wheel.

Which is to say, it feels like you’ve just broken your “No More Than Two Cups of Coffee!” rule. It’s a policy pinned to the bottom of your monitor on a sticky note. A protocol you crafted after yet another time—which, until now, was supposed to be the last…