Socializing and eating cakes are popular activities all over the world. In several cultures, for example, a little bite of fudge after a meal is common practice. Celebrations are often punctuated with a cake or other celebratory sweets. And in many jobs, going out for a cookie bite after work, or entertaining clients with desserts, is the norm.
The difference between social chocolate eating and chocolate abuse is when the fudge becomes your focus in life. Increased dependence on chocolate leads to chocoholism, where you are physically dependant on brownies and have lost control of the amount you eat. We met this chocolate junkie, who reveals how it is to be addicted :
How can I tell if I or a loved one have problems with having their head stuck in the cookie jar? Well, you should look after traces of chocolate boxes hidden in the trash, anxiety, slurred speech, dizziness, clumsiness or unsteadiness, and frequently late night visits to the nearest corner shop.
Don’t forget to make your loved ones aware of the problem by writing it on your kitchen black board!
Call 800- SHOCAHOLIC, or join them (us) instead of beating us - eh them…
These are some of my favourite places to perform guilty pleasure:
Yuca Café (on Avenue A and 7th street). Under all this cream there is a lot of chocolate.
Esperanto (On Avenue C and 10 th street). The chocolate volcano will make you melt too.
I especially like the decor on the brownie from Bread (on Spring and Mott).
This desert from Public (on Elizabeth between Prince and Spring) is yummy too.
Anki is the VJ for the Norwegian edition of MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball.
Now she is producing Headbanger’s Ball for Denmark and producing/presenting the Norwegian edition, and all this from New York!
Kerel is trying to learn to do nothing and let the universe flow through. He really loves spirituality and music. So he combines the two. He grew up in Brooklyn, NY. reverbnation.com/mgca ; myspace.com/consciousarts ; twitter.com/mgca108
Troy will be writing about his adventures as a NYC promoter and what it's like working behind the impossible door that's filled with glitz, glamour and celebrities.
Liz works in client relations for a large financial institution. She resides on the Upper East Side. Working hours spent on Wall Street, but after the markets close.... say no more!
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