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It is an obsession, absolutely. I am a longtime recovering addict with relapses and many years under the belt.
The only way that we have found to arrest the disease of addiction of any kind is to attend 12-step Anonymous meetings--Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and to work an honest 12-Step program and treat this spiritual disease with a spiritual lifestyle.
We really can have "the freedom of a happy life instead of the bondage of [alcoholic/addict] obsession." ... NA loved me back to health. No addict is turned away.
Post/pre/during drugs/alcohol, many of us find that we turn to food, sex, caffeine, cigarettes, the internet etc. However, many of us put our work towards the drug or alcohol addict behavior first, and as we work through our character defects these other obsessions can subside through support, prayer, willingness, honesty, open-mindedness and step-work.
No addiction is "preventative" or "harmless", we find. "Half-measures avail us nothing" and as we work our steps, we work on all of our addictions because we find that when we work hard on enriching ourselves and working on ourselves spiritually and praying and meditating, we find we can ask our Higher Power, as we may understand he/she/it, to remove all of these defects of character, to live a more spiritually rich life.
We encourage those in early recovery to attend 90 meetings in 90 days, get a sponsor (a more senior member in the community who helps the sponsee with heaps of support, guidance, step-work, etc), find a home-group, and work those steps.
The Program of the 12 steps WORKS IF YOU WORK IT!
To find meetings in your area:
www.na.org
www.aa.org
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Lately I've been thinking about addiction nonstop...It's become somewhat of an addiction to think so much about addiction. Why do some people become addicted to heroin and some don't? Why do some people become addicted to cigarettes and some don't? In a nutshell, there are many theories but no one really knows what causes it.
I've noticed in dealing with my own daughter's heroin addiction... [she's been taking seboxone and is still doing very well by the way] I think that addiction whether its an addiction to drugs, eating, or even to blogging...they're all dependencies, obsessions, habits, or cravings. The addict uses the addiction to self-medicate for a deficiency in the brain. Is this true? Could this be genetics? Using seboxone does reduce the cravings...counseling helps tremendously...however, I still notice the obsessions, habits, and dependencies if you will, are still intact. Once a person is clean...should they be redirected towards a new obession a new addiction? An obession that is harmless but yet still satisfies the brains need? What would that be? Will it be enough to prevent the brain from taking her right back to heroin, and to addiction?