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“Put a rat in a cage and give it 2 water bottles. One is just water and one is water laced with he**in or co***ne. The rat will almost always prefer the drugged water and almost always kill itself in a couple of weeks. That is our theory of addiction.

Bruce comes along in the ’70s and said, “Well, hang on. We’re putting the rat in an empty cage. It has nothing to do. Let’s try this a bit differently.” So he built Rat Park, and Rat Park is like heaven for rats. Everything a rat could want is in Rat Park. Lovely food. Lots of s*x. Other rats to befriend. Colored balls. Plus both water bottles, one with water and one with drugged water. But here’s what's fascinating: In Rat Park, they don’t like the drugged water. They hardly use it. None of them overdose. None of them use in a way that looks like compulsion or addiction. What Bruce did shows that both the right-wing and left-wing theories of addiction are wrong. The right-wing theory is that it’s a moral failing, you’re a hedonist, you party too hard. The left-wing theory is that it takes you over, your brain is hijacked. Bruce says it’s not your morality, it’s not your brain; it’s your cage. Addiction is largely an adaptation to your environment.

Now, we created a society where significant numbers of us can't bear to be present in our lives without being on something, drink, drugs, s*x, shopping... We’ve created a hyperconsumerist, hyperindividualist, isolated world that is, for many of us, more like the first cage than the bonded, connected cages we need.

The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection. And our whole society, the engine of it, is geared toward making us connect with things not people. You are not a good consumer citizen if you spend your time bonding with the people around you and not stuff. In fact, we are trained from a young age to focus our hopes, dreams, and ambitions on things to buy and consume. Drug addiction is a subset of that."
Credit: Johann Hari

We will be back at the Augusta Market on Saturday morning! And to celebrate September, we will be launching our new sugar scrub - Strawberry! Come on by and check out all of our fantastic products!

We’re back! Come on down to the Augusta Market and check us out today. Beautiful weather will guarantee a fun day at the river walk!

Holla! Come on down to the Augusta Market and Re-JUVEA-Nate today! Our products are organic without artificial dyes or preservatives! Handmade and fresh! Sugar scrubs, bath salts, bath bombs, bath dust, Footsies, lip scrub and flavorful lip balms! Prices start at $2 and up!

re-JUVEA-nate! We’re back at the Augusta Downtown Market! Stop by to see us as we have our famous Sugar Scrubs - Peach Mango, Sage Citrus, Cucumber Melon and Brown Sugar! Treat Your Feet with our Footsies soak! Bath Salts? We got them! Bath Bombs and Shower Steamers? Yep, we got that too! Our Lip Scrubs and Balm are guaranteed 100% kissable!

Back again and the Augusta Marketplace is crowded with vendors this morning, including us! Come on down and check us out! We’ll be happy to see you!

We’ve tossed the dice and decided to set up today at the Augusta Market! We are introducing a new sugar scrub, Cucumber Melon! Yes, it smells as good as it sounds! Come by and see us, mention you saw it on Facebook and receive 10% off on all orders over $20!

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Come on down and get your scrub on! We’re back at the Augusta Market today and we are stocked! From sugar scrubs to bath salts. Lip balms (multiple flavors!) to brown sugar lip scrubs! Bath bombs, shower steamers and Footsies - a new product for sensual foot baths! Plus, we are introducing our mans line of scrubs - PrimitiveX!

Plus, the grandkids are trying their hand at entrepreneurship and have launched Slimation - It’s Slime Time. Their homemade slime products!

Hope to see you here on this beautiful day!

We’re back! And we have expanded our “store”! We have new flavors of lip balm and enticing sugar scrubs and bath salts! Our newest addition is Sage Citrus and Eucalyptus! Come on down and pay us a visit! I even have free lollipops!