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Addictions are the result of cravings.
Cravings are not the same as desires.
Desires are normal and healthy.
You desire things that are desirable.
You can crave things that are not desirable.
Cravings are unhealthy.
You are drawn toward your desires but you are driven toward your cravings.
One pushes and the other pulls.
When you crave an addictive substance you feel an urge to have that substance.
This urge that you feel is your body poking you with a sharp stick
and refusing to stop until you have done what it wants.
Afterwards your body punishes you for doing what it urged you to do.
It shames you and makes you feel guilty (and does other things to you that I cant talk about on a PG rated forum)
(The wages of sin is death)
Your body is a psychopath.
Your body is thinking only of itself
You are its slave
You HAVE a body. You HAVE an ego.
You are not your body.
You are not your ego.
Your ego is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.
My experience with craving is that it only becomes operational when I ingest it. I have no craving when it's not in my body but the mental obsession can lead you to it.
That's how it works with me anyway.
Desire is set up with intent. Intend good things and act on it. Intent without action is fantasy.
If you're craving crack, then that means you've already got some crack in you.
If not, then you're obsessing about it.
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Originally Posted by granpa
Your ego is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.
I disagree with you. Your ego is with you. You cannot kill your ego nor should you. I recommend you tip your hat to your ego should you be fortunate enough to see/recognize it. Leave it alone and be on your merry way. You don't have to be a slave to your ego. I use spiritual work to not be a slave to my ego. I'd be interested to hear secular techniques to transcending the ego.
Cravings CAN be healthy.
Desires CAN be unhealthy.
Neither necessarily leads to addiction, although they can.
Addictions can lead to harm to self or others; however, there is a bigger root to the cause than the acts themselves. Point is, this can't be generalized so simply.
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