"YOUR ADDICTION"

I AM MORE POWERFUL THAN THE COMBINED ARMIES OF THE WORLD;

I HAVE DESTROYED MORE MEN THAN ALL THE WARS OF THE NATION;

I HAVE CAUSED MILLIONS OF ACCIDENTS AND WRECKED MORE HOMES THAN ALL THE FLOODS, TORNADOES AND HURRICANES PUT TOGETHER;

I AM THE WORLD'S SLICKEST THIEF.

I STEAL BILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR.

I FIND MY VICTIMS AMONG THE RICH AND POOR ALIKE, THE YOUNG AND THE OLD, THE STRONG AND THE WEAK;

I LOOM UP TO SUCH PROPORTIONS THAT I CAST A SHADOW OVER EVERY FIELD OF LABOR;

I AM RELENTLESS, INSIDIOUS, UNPREDICTABLE;

I AM EVERYWHERE--IN THE HOME, ON THE STREET, IN THE FACTORY, IN THE OFFICE, ON THE SEA AND IN THE AIR;

I BRING SICKNESS, POVERTY AND DEATH;

I GIVE NOTHING AND TAKE ALL;

I AM YOUR WORST ENEMY;

I AM YOUR ACTIVE ADDICTION AND I AM STILL HERE!