Don't do it.
The Briefing Room is not an addiction, it's a retreat.
I joke around, but I know you're right. I don't go to Drudge, Mediaite, Breitbart, Huffpo (and certainly
NEVER to DU); it seems pointless to. I have the Briefing Room on my browser's tab, and that's it; myst and the crew bring the news to me and I pick and choose how much I want to engage.
It's just that right now, and from time to time, I feel political news consuming so much of my energy and time; I find myself getting depressed, anxious, fearful. When I feel that starting to happen my brain triggers a safety switch and off it all goes, for the sake of my sanity. But my interest in my country, in politics, and you folks here never really goes away, it just goes on hiatus. And besides that, I happen to be cultivating a growing relationship with a communist babe from Hungary who speaks no English ... yep, I'm walking a tightrope folks.