Spice Up

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Trushar Patel says he has restaurants to midnight snacking, and binge watching YouTube during the lockdown

"One of the things I do, my mood is lifting to eat, because I can't go. Therefore, I'm reaching for the next sugary drink and sugary foods such as pastries. I'm going to a cookie At Midnight , or non-alcoholic drinks for Breakfast. "

Trushar Patel, 33, a photographer from London, says he is doing His Best to stay healthy during the lockout but it's really hard.

He and His fiancee Deepa Ragwani, 28, is usually to travel a lot for work. But not limited to The House , he says That His sense of time is gone, and he fell back on His vices, in order to remain healthy.

"We drink no alcohol, but I'm going to watch Netflix until midnight and binge watch YouTube and Social Media . I play computer games for several hours every day, it used to be once a week. "

Off-licenses have been added to The List of major markets That can remain open

asked so much As we are, this enforced isolation, to stay fit, learn a foreign language or work on creative projects, many of us turn to less virtuous pastime before, through the stressful weeks.

the government has confirmed, we need the pressure valve, the adding of off-licences on The List of "essential" shops may remain open after the super markets, which swept their liquor shelves bare.

"There's something about not being able to control a situation, we don't know how to play. So people turn to maybe things like alcohol as a coping mechanism," says Lesley Ludlow, a consultant who directs the Private Practice arm of The British Association for counselling and psychotherapy.

"Then it is boredom. People have taken their social life from them, so they look for a quick solution to life a bit more normal for a while. "

Perhaps not surprisingly, companies That offer our private suffering to be seem to be quite good, have to fight in a time when many other companies.

the Pornhub, a popular adult entertainment website, reported a peak of More Than 10% in the traffic to be offered for free to the premium Access or what he called "an additional incentive, At Home , and flattening of The Curve ".

And online gambling company, 888 Holdings , said this month That its forecast for 2020 was not too bad, even if the play on traditional sports collapsed along with live lights. This is in part casino, because the customers say, to alternatives - and some more risky games such as online poker.

Such things can help while away The Time , but the dangers are obvious, says Ms Ludlow. With no boss or schedule, you tell not to drink, smoke or gamble, we are largely reliant on self-moderation. "But not everyone has this inner strength," she says.

MPs have urged gambling sites to put a £50 Limit per day to prevent to try, That people will get addicted to it and financial problems even worse. And The World health organization has warned That alcohol is a "non-helpful coping strategy" for the possible stress caused by a coronavirus lockdown.

Smoking is a crutch to be suspicious, says Deborah Arnott , Director of charity action on Smoking and health (ash). She is working on a "Quit for Covid" - campaign urges smokers to protect their own health and That of those who lived in them.

"There's pressure to smoke because it isolated the feeling. At the same time, if you Covid-19 it takes to recover is longer, and will likely lead to more serious consequences," she says.

But while some of the vices you more damage than others, others are probably quite harmless.

Online retailer Sextoys. co. The UK and rival Ann Summers both say That the demand for toys is by about 25% since the lockdown began, as the people are looking for ways to Spice Up The Time At Home .

the Brighton-based adult boutique pleasure and taboo also last-minute-saw a rush of customers stocking up before the shutdown, before it switched to online orders only.

"We are a non-contact-drop in The Hour ," says owner Tim Richardson .

He is optimistic That The Business may be due to the blocking, but thinks That His High-Street shop should be on the major-dealers List - although not for the reasons you might expect.

"you don't get designed to a high level of admissions to the hospital [of the people] about things such as sex toys, which are, as a sex toy. We don't want That . "

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Source of news: bbc.com