Hello my name is Allyson and I'm a Marcos addict

I don’t typically consider myself to have an addictive personality. I only smoke a drag or two of a cigarette when drinking, I check in on my MySpace page once, maybe twice a year and I’ve only seen Titanic once all the way through. And yet I can’t stop eating Marco’s coal-fired pizza (For my cherry-popping Marco’s experience, read Best. Pizza. Ever.).

I went again today. Got the usual - the lunch special of salad, drink and margherita pizza. I never order a drink, reluctantly eat the salad and spend the time not drinking and unenthusiastically eating greens waiting for the main event - the pizza.

And it comes. And it's glorious. Every time I bite into it I'm amazed by the artistry of the sauce/cheese/crust amalgamation. I anticipate the next bite like I still anticipate Christmas. And when there are no bites left, I feel disappointment like the Christmas I got a suitcase instead of rollerblades.

So what do I do? Do I try to break my Marco's addiction cold turkey? Or do I just indulge - it is a local, independent restaurant after all. But does Breaking the Chain count if I'm eating at the same place over and over?

My goal for next week is to not eat at Marco's. I work in the middle of downtown Denver; there are hundreds of restaurants within walking distance of my office building. But then again, what would it hurt if I had just 1 little pizza? Just 1 more. Then I'd quit. Yeah...

For your viewing pleasure, I’ve attached not 1 but 2 pictures of this crack cocaine of pizza.