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But addiction isn&#8217;t just about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/easyway-drug-addiction-help\/are-there-terrible-withdrawal-pangs-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">physical withdrawal<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it&#8217;s mostly a\u00a0 mental addiction. It&#8217;s about losing psychological control.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"formatted-text  formatted-text--padding-remove-top\">\n\t<div class=\"container container--large\">\n\t\t<h2 id=\"1\">Here&#8217;s how the trap works:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. You take a bump. You feel floaty and switched off for a short while.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. It usually wears off within an hour. You feel a bit flat, empty or anxious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Another bump seems to fix that feeling. So you take one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Your body gets used to it fast (tolerance), so you need more for the same effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Before long, the flat, anxious feeling can be there most of the time, and ket seems like the only thing that helps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What most people don&#8217;t realise is that <\/span><b>ket can make the very feeling it seems to fix worse.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It\u2019s like wearing shoes that are too small, because it feels good to take them off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nobody sets out to get hooked. Many people think they&#8217;re in control. 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