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'''Beating NFL addiction''', or '''conquering football [[addiction]]''' is generally a challenge for many [[American]] men. They spend hours each Sunday afternoon and on Sunday, Monday, and Thursday evenings watching a meaningless game that causes harm and expense to themselves and others. Many who are addicted to the NFL waste further hours during the week thinking about, discussing, or reading about the NFL, or even playing "[[fantasy football]].". More than 26 million people miss work the day after the [[Super Bowl]], causing losses in excess of $5 billion.

'''Beating NFL addiction''', or '''conquering football [[addiction]]''' is generally a challenge for many [[American]] men. They spend hours each Sunday afternoon and on Sunday, Monday, and Thursday evenings watching meaningless games that cause harm and expense to themselves and others. Many who are addicted to the NFL waste further hours during the week thinking about, discussing, or reading about the NFL, or even playing "[[fantasy football]].". More than 26 million people miss work the day after the [[Super Bowl]], causing losses in excess of $5 billion.

Eight basic ways to overcome this [[addiction]] are:

Eight basic ways to overcome this [[addiction]] are:

* Shortly before the Super Bowl, people at school or work, or others from the secular world, will want to talk about the game. Profess disinterest, and show them your rubber band when you rebuff an invitation to a gathering where the game will be shown. At the gathering, make sure others know why you are rooting against the team you want to win, and keep talking about the safety risks and the harms to marriage done by viewing the game.   

* Shortly before the Super Bowl, people at school or work, or others from the secular world, will want to talk about the game. Profess disinterest, and show them your rubber band when you rebuff an invitation to a gathering where the game will be shown. At the gathering, make sure others know why you are rooting against the team you want to win, and keep talking about the safety risks and the harms to marriage done by viewing the game.   

* If the team you have been rooting against this whole time has finally made it, don't despair. They might still lose. Snap the rubber band harder and more frequently than ever before, and resolve to talk to your pastor in the event that the team you hope loses wins. Don't celebrate; they will probably have a terrible draft position.

* If the team you have been rooting against this whole time has finally made it, don't despair. They might still lose. Snap the rubber band harder and more frequently than ever before, and resolve to talk to your pastor in the event that the team you hope loses wins. Don't celebrate; they will probably have a terrible draft position.

* If an unfortunate, but predictable, tragedy takes place while you were watching the game where your team had the chance to take one of the top playoff seeds, don't feel guilty about the fact that you've been watching the games during the whole season. Even if only one week is left in the season, there is still enough time to renounce your attachment to the outcome of the games. Why watch the final week, or weeks, depending on how the league responds to the tragedy, since playoff seeding is obviously not the most important issue? Wait until the league decides whether or not to complete the game, and keep snapping the rubber band regularly, just as you have been doing all season.

* If an unfortunate, but predictable, tragedy takes place while you are watching the game where your team had a chance to take one of the top playoff seeds, don't feel guilty about the fact that you've been watching the games during the whole season. Even if only one week is left in the season, there is still enough time to renounce your attachment to the outcome of the games. Why watch the final week, or weeks, depending on how the league responds to the tragedy, since playoff seeding is obviously not the most important issue? Wait until the league decides whether or not to complete the game, and keep snapping the rubber band regularly, just as you have been doing all season.

== See also ==

== See also ==