One day, something within us awakens to the condition of our enslavement and wants freedom. Practically speaking, an addiction is something we can't do without, something we are enslaved by. An addiction is an habitual practice, the cessation of which causes severe trauma. Addictive behavior means to serve at all times and at all costs that to which we are addicted. We are not able to live without our addiction.
Addiction is to be terminally dependent.
One day, something within us awakens to the condition of our enslavement and wants freedom. There are many kinds of addiction and many causes. We have heard about chemical dependency and about how our bodies develop a craving for certain substances, like nicotine or heroin. We have heard that, psychologically, we crave certain relationships and can't imagine ourselves independent of them. We will suffer all kinds of abuse as long as we can remain in the familiar structure of that relationship.