the kryptonite metaphor, though I'm much more kentish than a son of Jo-El e'er would 'fess unto

I sometimes describe the mutual alcoholism of my clients and myself insofar that any bit of it is harmful(for me, not for anyone whose relationship to alcohol is normal; I'm not a diabetic, but I also digress into that metaphor as well, that I myself CAN handle a brownie or even two, but I believe a diabetic couldn't...)