This dusty dictionary aptly underscores the chained life of the addict, without room for creativity or play, without freedom, without light. The addict perceives herself as being in rebellion against society, but she or he is actually a strict adherent to a subsociety. They collect without change or growth, despite the fact that it's the simple dailiness that bothers the addict.
Ordinary time is useless to the thrill seeker, the chaser of ecstasy.
The alcoholic, codependent, junkie, or sex addict seeks to leap over the ordinary boundaries of life and ends up no better than the rat on the wheel. While I'm certainly no fan of bumper sticker cliches, I've grown to love this one. One day at a time. One task at a time. One emotion at a time.