Addicted to Bottled Water

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I am a bottled water aholic... there I've said it.  The only way to beat an addiction is to acknowledge the addiction. (You've all heard the AA stories.)  I am so angry at the companies' ads that have pictured mountain streams and pristine lakes on their water bottles when the water is actually dredged from the Hudson River and filtered!  Well, I'm not sure it's the Hudson but there are many exposes` that let us know the water is not from a wonderful freshwater spring in the Rockies!
I am very fortunate that in my home town there are two deep wells where residents are able to fill up their water jugs.  My problem is that a nice bottle of Poland Spring is like a security blanket for me... gotta have it with me at all times. And now, I am so addicted to the feel of the bottle on my lips that I can hardly drink water out of a glass... even if I poured the Poland Spring into it.  You see how CONDITIONED I am.  Those marketing gurus should be very proud of themselves.  So this is my plan... I am going to my town well, and getting my free fresh spring water and filling up my Poland Spring bottles until I can tear myself away from the packaging... oh how I love how that bottle fits so nicely in my hand.. good grief!! I need help.
Have you noticed lately that when soda goes on sale it's actually cheaper than bottled water... Now that's pathetic. Research shows that we pay 2000 times more for bottled water than we do for tap water?!  Is there any other product that we would be willing to spend 2000 times more for?  Think about it...  It's time to stop the maddness.