Addiction is anything that has become stronger than your willpower to change . Instead of being in control, the addiction is all powerful creating a feeling of helpless to do anything about it . Whether it be caffeine or alcohol, addiction creates impulses, false needs and behavioral and thinking patterns which are destructive to well-being. The salt, fat and crunch of junk food, offer emotions of fulfillment that is lacking because of a spiritual vacuum. Tangible potato chips, replacing an intangible God.
Emotional emptiness is the source of addiction.
Dependency on pleasure to temporarily numb feelings of hopelessness. The best advice always comes from those who have been there. The good news is, whether junk food or heron, addiction can be overcome. What a glorious word, freedom, many of us have but tasted the pure pleasure of freedom. There are answers.