Only a workaholic would prefer the first solution.

I'm addicted, because even though I know I'm losing my grip on reality, I still crave more.

I'm addicted to translating sentences from French into English on Tatoeba, and Spanish is tempting me sorely.

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre but patient, not a brawler, not covetous

Inverse

On the contrary, they're sisters.

Sami was the complete opposite.

Tretyakov is hardly alone.

In fact, the results were exactly the opposite.

Quite the contrary.

On the contrary, the World Bank is a global public institution.

But this was not a case of over regulating and over reaching.

Quite the contrary.

The converse is also true.

We talked to 600 drug addicts in three cities in Indonesia, and we said, Well, do you know how you get HIV?

The same cannot be said of Sarkozy, despite his claims to the contrary.

History suggests otherwise, despite a vulnerable dollar.

They are, on the contrary, a specifically modern phenomenon.

Or vice versa.

In fact, the opposite occurred.

It is difficult to prove a negative.

On the contrary, often it is the result of policies that have fed it.

On the contrary, democracy is a long term task.

This is no cause for schadenfreude .

On the contrary, they make things worse.

Like drug addicts or the mentally ill who refuse treatment, we need our friends to intervene.

Indeed, the opposite is true.

Digital Mirror does the reverse.

But the opposite is true.

But the opposite is true.

But the facts show otherwise.

Indeed, the contrary is true.

The Commission fears just the opposite.

The opposite is true.

I can't say the opposite.

Rather, the contrary is true.

But this does not guarantee that future drops will have a similar outcome. On the contrary, the future real value of our homes is fundamentally uncertain.

If they do not, unrest will become more likely.

On the contrary, the Dutch pride themselves on their openness and hospitality to foreigners.

On the contrary, many believe that he provided protection and comfort to the rioters.

On the contrary, they make it possible for majorities to exploit minorities.

In contrast, blogger Jeremy Taylor chalks one up for Obama

For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward not self pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre