Addiction part two

 To understand addiction it necessary to have a working knowledge of adaptation in the human. If, for instance, one takes into the body a noxious substance on a continuing basis, the first attempt of the living organism is to eliminate the substance by vomiting, extra excretion, rapid oxidation. However, if the substance is taken repeatedly, the living organism adapts by creating an antidote, not only when the substance is taken in, but when the substance is expected. 

Now the need for the substance is required by the body to restore balance to the antidote. This produces the craving and the compulsion to the substance. This is addiction.

The same process works for internal secretions, hormones produced in the body in response to emotional states, resulting in constant repetition of the behavior patterns regardless of circumstances. There are far more persons addicted to internal secretions than there are persons addicted to substances from outside the body. 

All addictions lowers the well-being of the person and the natural ability to enjoy just living. As stated before, the recognition that one is addicted is the start toward freedom. No doubt it is easier to to be aware of addiction to substances from outside than it is to recognize that one is addicted to internally produced hormones, such as those produced when one is angry or worried, or anxious, or complaining, or disgusted, or finding fault, etc. etc.

One can remember that the human was never designed to live in a state of distress, but rather to be in a state of joy and thanksgiving for being alive and have the inborn ability to adapt to changing conditions, and to have a flood of energy to fight or run when in a dangerous situation.

However, conditioning has resulted in many of us seeing almost all situations as dangerous and the ability to to imagine things has given the conditioned person many situations that only exist in thought, to be in an emergency-feeling state. Further it seems a to be that they are entitled to have all wants gratified at once, or else feel that they are being mistreated and denied their natural right of being totally non disturbed; this leads to all kinds of addictions. X