The power of an addiction is the gravitational pull it seems to have on the heart of the addicted person. While it's more easily understood that substances like drugs and alcohol have addictive physical qualities, it is far more difficult to grasp how legitimate things like food, sex, money, and work can become compulsively destructive to an addict. Understanding the addictive cycle is necessary to understanding the addictive pull of even good things.
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