We are dead, but just don't know it.
But we don't need drink blood or eat brains...we just need Oreos and/or Doritos (depending on one's sugar/salt demand).
CPU capacity down to 10%...carbohydrate requirement up to 300%.
I was fortunate enough to have some moderate success early on, and I assumed stupidly that would be enough to provide satisfaction for a lifetime.
It's insidious enough that you won't "hit bottom," when that might be for the best.
But then again, many who hit bottom from other vices don't recover.
In the last year, I feel truly reborn.