And I looked, and behold, a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Addiction

The Revelation of St John: 4. The Four Riders of the Apocalypse (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

And I looked, and behold, a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Addiction, and hell followed with him. And power was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with disease, and with death, and with the addicts of the world.

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