bierkergaard

In the last couple of months, I have heard a lot more usage of the phrase "their demons" as in a person battling their demons. Probably most associated with the death du jour of the most recent celebrity because of self-destruction... Most people using the phrase are utilizing it euphemistically. They don't believe in the cosmic personality Lucifer, the fallen Archangel and his minions like Orcs in Lord of the Rings. Instead, demons is a term synonymous to addictions. Particularly, in drug and alcohol abuse. Addictions are like an itch, the more one scratches them, the more scratching ensues. A iron cycle of cause and effect. A Merry Go-Round that goes faster and faster until the gears grind and the engine blows. Who should want a stupid fake gold ring anyway? I have been in a mode of stripping down recently. Less food and drink, a desire to stabilize the pendulum of consumption from excess and deprivation. My gut is a daily reminder that, like Rome, it was not b