Status Updates From أمة الدوبامين

I had a totemic stash of chocolate at work for the longest time lol

Come again? "One in four gastric bypass surgery recipients develops a new problem with alcoholic addiction." ..."When food is no longer an option, many switch from food to another drug, like alcohol." Makes sense if recipients didn't receive behavioral and psychological help, I guess, but that's still seems like a high statistic.

Fascinating. I'm wondering if this is where I'm at with my reading in that it's not enough just to read a book for its content, I need an external factor to feel as if I'm achieving something by reading and completing a book too, hence the Top 100 list and reading recs I wouldn't normally pick up myself.