Admitting there’s a problem is the first step to recovery. I have at least 10 tubes of lip balm in my house at all times, two tubes in my purse, one in my car (only in the winter, it melts in the summer) and they sometimes turn up in my coat pockets just when I need them most. You’d think with the number of lip balm tubes in my possession I’d never be without, however, I can’t count how many times I’ve been somewhere and suddenly realized, OMG, I don’t have any beeswax to rub on my lips! I then have to stop at the nearest drugstore  and buy yet another tube. If I haven’t gotten too far away, I just turn around and go back home to get some.

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