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AT LAST. I’ve done it. I’ve thrown in the towel, kicked the habit and gone on
the wagon. After thirty years, I have escaped from a fearsome addiction.

To be truthful, I’m not really sure I’ve gone cold turkey yet. Only last
month I was at a psychical research conference. Only days ago, I emptied the
last of those meticulously organised filing cabinets, fighting the little voice
that warned: “Don’t do it, you might want to read that again” with a stronger
one that urged: “You’ve given up!” I threw paper after paper on ESP,
psychokinesis, psychic pets, aromatherapy and…

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