• Addiction is a form of control, but what leads to that control?
• Addiction is a symptom to an underlying cause, so we must define our true pain that we are suppressing or escaping.
• On the outside, addiction involves reflective escapes – food, drugs, alcohol, sex, anger, depression, exercise, etc.
• Deep down, addiction involves an escape from self – self-shame, self-sabotage, a lack of self-responsibility, a lack of self-awareness, and, ultimately, a lack of self-love.
• We can overcome addiction when we become aware of what we are escaping and take responsibility for our actions.
• We can overcome addiction when we see the value in what releasing that addiction can bring.
• We can overcome addiction when we stop running away from ourselves, others, and our self-made problems, boundaries, expectations, boarders, shames, pains, or walls.
• Addiction is an external attempt to find internal love.

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