Whenever we make the effort to free ourselves of an addiction or a habit we no longer need, we are often surprised to find ourselves missing the old pattern as we would a familiar friend.

不论我们花多少力气来去除自己不再需要的上瘾和习惯时，我们常常惊讶地发现自己想拾起从前的一切，就好像挂念一个熟悉的朋友一样。

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But another familiar theme is disappointment - of those who find that the person who returns is no longer the person who left, or at least not as we remember him.

但另一个熟悉的主题是失望——人们发现，回来的已经不是那个当时离开的人了，或者至少不像我们记忆中的那样。

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