What is Addiction?
Addiction is a compulsive cycle of using a substance or behaviour to avoid pain or feel better, followed by shame, guilt and the resolve never to repeat it. The name of the game is avoiding to feel.
The myth of Sisyphus
“Addiction is a bit like the myth of Sisyphus. Sisyphus pushes the boulder to the top of the hill, and in the morning he starts again. Addiction is the same — every morning pushing, pushing, trying to avoid the pain. In the morning, he is again at the bottom.” — Philippe Jacquet