THOMAS TRAVERSA
Here I am back in Portugal, around Lisbon to be more precise. Before boarding the plane in Marseille this morning, I did a little tour in the airport bookstore, as I like to do. More to loiter than to buy anything, since seeing so many books in one place awakens a desire to read, which I generally satisfy by flipping through a few magazines or reading the back cover of one or two paperbacks. Sometimes however I let go and, with hesitation and decision at the same time, grab a book that I rush to pay for before changing my mind. Today the latest issue of National Geographic has caught my attention with its catchy title cover: “Drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling … How do you get hooked?” As a passionate sportsman I think I have many addictions, such as physical effort addiction that I calm by running on windless days, addiction to performance that made me the competitor that I am and adrenaline addiction that leads me to sail in sometimes dangerous conditions.