Reasons for eating donuts:
1. My "hunger" is very bad right now.
2. To give me energy.
3. I can't work without donuts.
4. I can't stay alert without donuts.
5. I must be at my best to do what I have to do.
6. I must show I am MASTER of donuts - free to say either YES or NO. And I must be perfectly sure by saying YES at the moment. My refusal at the moment shows weakness, therefore I eat donuts.
7. In spite of the knowledge of the disadvantages of donuts, I am really not sure whether it isn't better than the other life. After all, I have an extraordinary control over my emotions through donuts.
8. It is dangerous to stop eating donuts too suddenly.
9. I'd better take a small donut now rather than put it off till later; because if I do so, it will disturb my sleep.
10. It is really very bad for the mind to be constantly preoccupied with the question of donuts. It is better to take a small donut to rid myself of the obsession.
11. I am worried about donuts because of my not having any. If I were to eat one, my mind would clear up immediately, and I should be able to think out good plans for stopping it.
12. The gods may be leading me to some new experience through eating donuts.
13. It is quite certainly a mistake putting down all little discomforts as the result of eating donuts. Very likely, all of them are illusions, and simply my own illusions of GUILT. I am simply scaring myself into saying NO.
14. I must not be a coward and say NO.
15. There is no evidence at all that the REASONABLE use of donuts shortens life. In fact it ENRICHES life, and we all know that HAPPY people live longer than DEPRESSED and SAD people.
16. I take it because donuts are prohibited. I decline being treated like a silly schoolboy when I'm a responsible man.
17. My friend likes me to eat donuts with her.
18. My ability to eat donuts shows my superiority over other people.
19. I have given up most vices, donuts allow me to still enjoy life, and that isn't a crime.
20. So-and-so has eaten donuts for years and is all right.
21. So-and-so has eaten donuts for years, is still eating them, and is the most remarkable man of his century.
22. I am feeling very, very rotten, and a very, very small donut would make me feel so very, very good.
23. We can't stop when it is available EVERYWHERE. The temptation is too strong. Plus, we can't just throw donuts away.
24. Suppose I take all the pains to stop using and then I get cancer or something right away, what a FOOL I would be!
