WE’VE ALL DISPLAYED the symptoms at some stage or another. Chocolate addiction is a hard one to kick.

The first step, as always, is to admit you have a problem.

Here are just a few ways to identify if you’re harbouring this crippling condition.

1. You’ve had to ration your intake

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2. You only like the purer stuff

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3. Whatever the flavouring, when the craving hits, anything will do

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4. You can’t even go for a quiet pint without getting chocolate involved

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5. Or a facial…

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6. You skip the cheese counter and go straight to this

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7. These look like a very worthy addition to your emergency kit

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8. You think everything tastes better covered in chocolate, from your fruit to your bacon

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9. No one need even think about offering you a plain biccie with your tae

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10. In fact, tea? No tea, MORE CHOCOLATE

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11. This is your bedroom/office/living room floor

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12. You wish everything was made of chocolate

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13. This is what all your attempts at cooking end up like

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14. This is what you pack going on holidays

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15. You dream of doing this every time you see a chocolate fountain

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16. You eat chocolate like this so it never ends

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17. You just always overdo it

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