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I like wine. It’s Friday night. 

One wine? Why not?

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday night.

One wine. Why not?

Hey, I only drink at night. 

Well I mostly drink at night and I never drink alone.

Well I sometimes drink alone, when there’s no-one home.

And there’s no-one home. I don’t share my house.

Who are you to judge me Willis? What you talkin’ ‘bout?

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These are the lyrics of Clare Bowditch’s song, Modern Day Addiction, which so beautifully encapsulates the stream of rationalisations ...

There’s a scene in the recent Will Smith movie, “Focus” where as a seasoned con-man he is involved in a high stakes bet.

He lets the gent against whom he is betting randomly choose the number of a football player from the teams below them in the stadium.

If Will Smith’s off-sider (Margot Robbie) also chooses the same random player, Smith wins. If not, he loses everything.

Spoiler alert, both choose player 55 and Smith wins.

Turns out that there was nothing random about number 55 at all.

Smi...