For most of us it starts when we’re young. So young that we don’t remember our lives before it, and our lives after are entirely consumed by it. It’s a habit for which we would (and sometimes do) lie, sneak around, or spend money we (or you) don’t have. It’s a four- or five- (OK, maybe sometimes six-) figure-a-month habit that we will never consider a problem. 

Even if we did, there are no support groups. No 12-step programs for the . . . yes, I’ll say it . . . addiction.   

Yes, horse addiction is a thing.