The Daily Sprout

When I think about this title, I automatically go to a place of addiction.  The beast within, that thing in us that drives our bad behaviors, whatever those behaviors might be.  I am weak… you are weak, together we are weak, and the beast is what weakens us.  So, this is likely a poorly named article, because that is not what I am writing about. I am writing about culture, about pressure from the world, about the outside pressure, that makes the inside part of us cave. I gain

The “Holidays” tend to do a lot of damage to people.  From the stresses that people “accept” to the food that they love, to the financial wreckage that is left behind them.  It is a pretty rough ride for many people.  I would guess that a significant part of the damage has already been done, here, just five days before Christmas day. However, regardless of what you have stressed about thus far, what you have set yourself up for as stresses in January, or what you have eaten,