I used to scoff at the "Chapstick puts a chemical in their lip balms to actually dry out your lips and make you want more" rumor.
I don't now.
I started using Chapstick last Winter, when I had a cold. Last week, someone at work told me I was in denial and was addicted to Chapstick. Why, you ask? Because I own over 25 different tubes of chapstick and have a stick in every room, location, bag, meeting room, etc that I ever enter! I was constantly reapplying throughout the day, and I never used the stuff before the cold I had! I was sent to a website devoted to the Chapstick evil and I was shocked at what I found out.
I am now in Day 4 of my chapstick sobriety. It was hard at first; my lips were dry and craving the sweet stuff over the weekend. But I am happy to say that I have officially kicked the chapstick habit.
The web page that changed my life....as of last Thursday.
http://www.kevdo.com/lipbalm/chapstick.html
"My dreams, watching me said, one to the other...this life has let us down."