Why Some Breakups Feel Like A Drug Detox
You may need a lesser evil
The way those in drug or alcohol recovery turn to cigarettes, coffee, or Krav Maga, you may need some lesser evil to wean you off the truly bad one. So while you’re blocking and avoiding that manipulative, toxic ex, you may go have a short fling with a sort of airhead, harmless douchebag that you’d never get serious with. He’s your cigarette.