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Feb
20

I May Have Just Hit Rock Bottom

By: Kevin on 02/20/08 @ 7:53 am

I am sitting here writing this blog post in an empty bathtub, half naked, shivering… I may or may not have crapped myself. Why am I telling you this? I am fighting addiction, it isn’t pretty, it isn’t clean, and I can’t hide it anymore. Today I need your help in overcoming my problem, I can’t hide it anymore this problem is starting to consume me and I think I have hit rock bottom… No longer can I come here and post, be all smiley and happy. Dancing for you like some little trained monkey… This is the real side of Kevin, the dark side, and a side that you have never seen.

It is hard for me to admit this but I am addicted and I guess that is the first step you need to make in order to get back on the road to recovery. Yesterday I went grocery shopping to stock the “Boston Bachelor Pad” or the BBP with goodies, and like always I bought an inordinate amount of mandarin orange fruit cups. I was actually pissed off that the Stop and Shop didn’t have entire jars of these tasty fruits that Jesus made with his bare hands. When I got home I didn’t even unpack my groceries yet before I ripped one open and slammed it back like a shot, using my tongue to lick out rest of the oranges. After knocking that one back I decided it wasn’t good enough and I immediately had another in the same style.

mandarin orange fruit cups

What the hell was wrong with me? I couldn’t use a fork? I was that addicted that I needed my fix that quick? I dropped the empty cup to the ground and looked into the mirror in horror, telling myself how much I hated me and then smashed the mirror with my fist. It was that instance that I knew I had to kick this habit cold turkey and I locked myself in the bathroom with my laptop to make sure this happened.

My obsession with these little cups of joy started a few weeks back when I was sick and could hardly swallow anything. I started out with a couple of fruit cups a day and graduated to entire jars… Yes that is right, I would sit in front of the tv watching the news eating entire jars of these things. On the bright side I guess my chances for getting scurvy are remarkably low.

If I don’t kick this now how far will I sink? Will I be sitting outside stores offering to blow people for mandarin orange cups? Or will I be shifting through the garbage of local restaurants that serve mandarin orange salad?

I don’t want to be a trick turning, dumpster diving, mandarin orange addict. I think I need to go score some crack, that will set me straight.

Have you ever had a random food addiction?

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On 02/20/08 at 8:01 am
AnneGwish said:

It’s true, the mandarins are cracklike. The only thing you can hope for is some sort of fruit scourge to wipe them out for good.


On 02/20/08 at 8:03 am
Kevin said:

That may be the only thing that can save me

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 8:03 am
Meghan Lawrence said:

Fuckin’ Manadarin Orange CUPS! Cold Wet Chinese Action. You just HAD to bring them up?? I got hooked when I got all 4 wisdom teeth out and couldn’t chew for a month. Bastard.

P.S. Super Stop and Shop sells them in LARGE CANS.


On 02/20/08 at 8:04 am
Kevin said:

I didn’t see them… I went to a Super one… I was just trying to get over how generally rude people are here. I need to shift back into that mode, Buffalo spoiled me with everyone being nice.


On 02/20/08 at 11:57 am
Marcie said:

well… bean town …people are rude…and if you go anywhere else in massachusettes you’ll see the same thing…

the only way you’ll be happy there is to continue to consume your little orange cups of joy…and the rudeness wont even matter…

 
 
 

On 02/20/08 at 8:04 am
Meghan Lawrence said:

I’m not sure if they still sell them - but a few years ago they made these Kit Kat popables…Like - inch size Kit Kat bites that came in a resealable plastic bag. Those mofos kept me up at night! Serving size - 40.


On 02/20/08 at 8:11 am
Kevin said:

Oh my chocolate overload

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 8:07 am
deb said:

I HAD THE SAME ADDICTION!
In the 60’s my Mum would stockpile food in a broken refrigerator in our basement.
Those Geisha Mandarin Slices called to me day and night. One day, when she went to make Mandarin - Lemon Jello for “The Old Man”, all 6 cans were gone. I got spanked.


On 02/20/08 at 8:11 am
Kevin said:

I knew I wasn’t the only one.

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 8:14 am
laura said:

dont worry- lindsey lo just got naked for a vanity fair *or some such zine i cant remember* thing

so you have boobs to look at

you like her, right?


On 02/20/08 at 8:18 am
Kevin said:

Oh I have looked… I have looked

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 8:20 am
Matty said:

Do you find that you shit out Mandarin Oranges whole, though. They don’t get broken down, they just slide out. Is that what Jesus intended for them to do?


On 02/20/08 at 8:27 am
Kevin said:

Jesus intended them to fight off scurvy and make my tummy full… He loves me so

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 8:22 am
laura said:

im feeling generous and bored so in case some one hasnt seen them yet

http://perezhilton.com/2008-02-18-lindsay-does-marilyn#more-14304

oh lindsey

 

On 02/20/08 at 8:47 am
Fiona said:

Nutella, I can eat out of the jar with a spoon without remorse.
Salt Prunes, look it up, it’s a Caribbean thing. I’ll eat them until my tummy aches and I want to barf, my mouth with pucker and I’ll feel ill for days, but. I. can’t. stop.

My mother eats Marmite by the spoonful. See, now you don’t feel bad about the mandarins… at least they are good for you.


On 02/20/08 at 8:50 am
Kevin said:

Nutella… blech… double blech


On 02/20/08 at 9:56 am
Fiona said:

Blech to nutella and not MARMITE? Are you sick man?


On 02/20/08 at 10:18 am
Kevin said:

I have never even heard of Marmite

 
 
 
 

On 02/20/08 at 9:07 am
Charlotte said:

Rold Gold Honey Wheat Braided Twists = the devil.


On 02/20/08 at 9:08 am
Kevin said:

They are so buttery

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 9:12 am
Duane said:

You’re in the bathtub posting this? What kind of wireless system do you have? Mine doesn’t work in the bathroom.


On 02/20/08 at 9:19 am
Kevin said:

My oh so powerful linksys router… I write most of my stuff on the crapper now

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 9:13 am
tiffany p. said:

i work in a large grocery chain in the southeast.

EVERY day for work (and i mean EVERY day) i HAVE to have my little cup of peaches. they’re in the deli cooler all cold and delicious. no sugar added, so i feel like i’m all healthy when i eat them.

i get really pissy when there’s no peaches. they also carry pineapple cups and some bastardized version of fruit cocktail called “tropical medley” which has like, ONE peach, and tons of pink grapefruit. disgusting.


On 02/20/08 at 9:19 am
Kevin said:

Pink grapefruit needs sugar in order to be tasty

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 9:17 am
Jessica said:

Dole makes them in nice 16 oz jars….I just ate them


On 02/20/08 at 9:18 am
Kevin said:

I was mainlining those before I left Buffalo

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 9:20 am
Dou said:

I’m very upset with you. Leaving NY and not even calling me!!

Strangely enough, I have had only one addiction - animal crackers. An insane craving to line them up and then eat them one by one. It’s like those people that eat only the yellow M&M’s out of the bag. I think we all have little quirks.


On 02/20/08 at 9:30 am
Kevin said:

This all came together in three weeks time. I didn’t even meet with my family all that much…

One at a time? Freak.

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 9:28 am
PShizzle said:

I am addicted to Toll House bake at home cookies. I will rush through eating dinner so I can bake those up before I watch TV for the night. God forbid I run out of milk …It gets ugly.


On 02/20/08 at 9:30 am
Kevin said:

it could lead to a shooting

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 9:34 am
em em said:

My kids love those oranges, they eat them by the can. I was addicted to ice. No, not crystal meth, I mean frozen water. For my last two pregnancies, and following for a few months after each. Actually I wrote this in the midst of the addiction: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=101709226&blogID=202387610&Mytoken=9C134AD6-334C-446A-8504451A2048863355939413

(sorry, I don’t do well with links…)


On 02/20/08 at 9:47 am
Kevin said:

Yeah I am sure that is the type of ice you are talking about…wink, wink

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 9:35 am
SoupNumber5 said:

Jesus also made mint chocolate chip ice cream and Cuban sandwiches with his bare hands. Taco Bell tacos? The work of el diablo.


On 02/20/08 at 9:47 am
Kevin said:

I know I swear to god when I am sitting on the toilet after eating taco bell… maybe I am talking to the wrong person

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 9:40 am
kate said:

i’m the same way with wendy’s mandarin oranges. just last night i bought 3 cups of them. its like crack


On 02/20/08 at 9:46 am
Kevin said:

Wait Wendy’s has mandarin oranges… oh god

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 9:57 am
Nicole said:

We buy Dole Mandarin oranges in the can by the caseload at Sam’s Club. My kids are addicted to them too.


On 02/20/08 at 10:19 am
Kevin said:

Send me some while you are at it

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 9:58 am
Tish said:

I thought the writer’s strike was over o.0;


On 02/20/08 at 10:19 am
Kevin said:
 
 

On 02/20/08 at 10:00 am
Josh said:

All that corn syrup can’t be good for you.


On 02/20/08 at 10:20 am
Kevin said:
 
 

On 02/20/08 at 10:15 am
kate said:

yep on the 99cent menu


On 02/20/08 at 10:20 am
Kevin said:

Great, another source to feed my addiction…

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 10:22 am
The Muse said:

Food Crack:

1. Caramel corn
2. Reese’s Pieces
3. Anything after a 16-mile run

 

On 02/20/08 at 10:43 am
Mel said:

So I’m not the only one who loves mandarin oranges! Those things are great.. but I’m not addicted to them. I’m addicted to crab rangoon. I swear they put crack in that stuff!

 

On 02/20/08 at 11:02 am
Shieldmaiden96 said:

If you like mandarin oranges, pick up a can of lychee sometime. Sweet, fragrant, delicious. Some sort of Asian fruit, but they dont have that soft rubbery texture mandarins do that make me feel like I’m eating fetal oranges.

 

On 02/20/08 at 11:06 am
Tits McGee said:

Any of those fruit cups are good because they’re drenched in syrup.
I was hooked on my kid’s Yogos snacks for a while there, even had to cut him off in order to cut myself off because those bad boys are goooooood.

Or will I be shifting through the garbage of local restaurants that serve mandarin orange salad?

This made me snort.

 

On 02/20/08 at 11:16 am
E said:

I had to stop buying microwave popcorn because I’d eat a bag of it instead of meals, for like two meals a day, when I was working at home. Ah, sweet buttery popcorn!

 

On 02/20/08 at 11:18 am
Jeremy said:

Remember those Girlguide cookies? The mint ones dipped in chocolate? I would sell an entire troupe into white slavery if It meant I could keep all those, and never have another little girl bait and switch me. “sorry I only have one box of these left but I have lots of the vanilla ones” That’s bullshit, you just know she’s got a case in the car and her mom’s just wolfin’ them down. Bitches

 

On 02/20/08 at 12:07 pm
hands off the diet coke said:

My seven year old likes them too.

 

On 02/20/08 at 12:21 pm
Susan said:

I was addicted to chocolate! I had to have a candy bar after every dinner - and a 2 Liter of Coke, everyday and a half. I have been off BOTH for 4 days - stay away - I have grown “Kitty Claws”…..

 

On 02/20/08 at 12:40 pm
Mandygirl said:

I’m on the way to the store… might have a to grab a jar and see what all the hype is about. I usually stick to the salad bar for my mandarin fix. You monster.

 

On 02/20/08 at 1:16 pm
Katie said:

Hey, at least you’re getting your daily recommended amount of fruit servings. And tomorrow’s. And the day after that. And the whole year…

You get my point.

 

On 02/20/08 at 1:44 pm
SweetNess! said:

What do you mean you may have JUST hit rock bottom? I thought that was a place you were very familiar with.

 

On 02/20/08 at 2:17 pm
People in the Sun said:

Look at this coincidence: I’m reading this post in an empty bath tub, half-naked and shivering!

 

On 02/20/08 at 2:25 pm
mistakenone said:

hahaha so you love those sweet and tasty cups eh? Apparently they only come in an A cup lol
I love those as well. When I serve the kids I always take a few from their cup knowing I have to give them some from my cup. I found that wasn’t fair so I got me another cup while they sit and say “HEY”

 

On 02/20/08 at 2:43 pm
alicia said:

they are pretty damn good

 

On 02/20/08 at 2:58 pm
Eriness said:

three words…. double stuffed oreos.

 

On 02/20/08 at 3:13 pm
Amanda said:

I can only eat them out of the plastic cups. If they come from the can it tatses like metal…

 

On 02/20/08 at 3:15 pm
Tori said:

I could eat pasta until I died. I made like, half a box of angel hair with butter and garlic and Frank’s on it and ate it in about 20 seconds. I was begging my boyfriend to kill me, but damn it was good. Same with Noodles & Company mac and cheese. Mmmm.

 

On 02/20/08 at 3:40 pm
jamie just another said:

throw them in some Bacardi rum with another lighter juice..they marinate and kinda makes a bootlegger’s delight.

o and I am addicted to Cheez-Its or anything cheese flavored.

and jello. jello, dessert of the gods..

 

On 02/20/08 at 4:33 pm
Connie said:

Salsa. I even put that shit on my fake burgers. Mis it with pasta. It’s even good with pretzels. It’s the God of all condiments.

 

On 02/20/08 at 4:43 pm
Amy said:

I’m a lurker- I read religously and for some reason this post called to me. I’m addicted to peanut butter. I put that shit on everything. Has anyone else ever had the goodness of peanut butter on pancakes smothered in syrup. Or maybe mac-n-cheese, tomato soup, I can go on but I wouldn’t want you all to be sick. Needless to say I have been clean for a year. Do you have any idea how bad of a parent I feel like not being able to feed my children PB&J’s because “mommy has a problem”.


On 02/20/08 at 10:09 pm
Christine said:

In addition to Kevin’s addiction, this comment made me laugh hysterically!
I use to have an addiction to Twizzlers. I got turned off of them by sneaking in those plastic like fake generic brands of crap that made me want to hurl. Twizzler free for longer than I care to remember.

 
 

On 02/20/08 at 4:53 pm
kevin said:

It’s a mandarin conspiracy…I can say that in english and get away with it.

 

On 02/20/08 at 5:38 pm
Angie said:

We buy them 4-6 crates at a time. Often. No worry about scurvy in our household, either. I haven’t seen anyone shitting whole oranges, but I don’t go around checking stool contents, either, so anything is possible.

 

On 02/20/08 at 6:16 pm
Harris said:

Peaches are where the action is.

 

On 02/20/08 at 7:41 pm
Mammaren said:

wow, so funny.. and true.. my addiction? Olives.. lots and lots and lots of olives. Green olives with pimiento in the middle. stuffed olives straight from the hand of God.. Holy Hell, I can be found crouched in a corner mainlining them myself..

 

On 02/20/08 at 7:50 pm
Lucy said:

Wouldn’t it make more sense to be called the BBP … rather than the BPP???

 

On 02/20/08 at 8:26 pm
bisnotch said:

pretzels and the big rods too. which part of massachusetts did ya move too? and which stop and shop you at? i could tell ya about some good restaraunts that would get you off that mandarin orange kick…..if your towards the southern part of mass go to ma glockners in bellingham mass, they do great chicken but we always hit the place for there pecan rolls they come to the table non stop, or in foxboro mass by the foxboro stadium off of route 1 hit a place called The red wing. great sea food dinners.

 

On 02/20/08 at 9:05 pm
Crystal said:

So does eating a bunch of tangerines give you the shits? That seems slightly unhealthy… no scurvy and no solid feces! Awesome!

 

On 02/20/08 at 10:18 pm
ILovePapaSmurf said:

Yeah, I can’t have carrots anymore after my “discovery.” Not only did my skin turn orange, but poo did too. It was frightening…. haven’t had any carrots since.

 

On 02/21/08 at 12:53 am
Mandy said:

You’re going to be diabetic in like, three weeks. Those are packed in sugar syrup, that’s why you’re addicted. Switch to the kind you have to peel. You’ll be too lazy to do it and you’ll quit altoghter.
Wow, I am all business tonight, huh?
;)

 

On 02/21/08 at 1:18 am
Steve said:

It could be worse. You could be addicted to Big Macs or something.

I eat a bag of sunflower seeds a night while I’m at work. I’m sure that it isn’t good for me, but I just can’t stop.

 

On 02/21/08 at 6:57 am
Eva J. Mah said:

I love those mandarin orange fruit cups, too, but my food addiction is not that healthy.

I eat entire bags of chocolate chips in one sitting. Not chocolate chip cookies, just the chocolate chips. Pure, unadulterated semi-sweet chocolate. There is no better high than that.

 

On 02/24/08 at 2:42 pm
Rae said:

Actually, what is interesting is that you CAN get scurvy. Your body gets so used to the massive amounts of Vitamin C, that if you stop eating that amount, your body reacts as if you are getting none, and you get scurvy.