I was fortunate to get a lot of mileage out of my vices . . . The point is not to be debilitated by your pleasures. Maybe I have lucky genes or something but I've never been truly addicted to anything, except pleasure in general.
Taste ... is a matter of taste (Tad Allagash)
Eat, drink and remarry is my motto.
I like the fact that I'm living in the world rather than in a university.
Love is the eternal quest: almost everyone wants to love and be loved.
You keep thinking that with practice you will eventually get the knack of enjoying superficial encounters, that you will stop looking for the universal solvent, stop grieving. You will learn to compound happiness out of small increments of mindless pleasure.