addiction

is any process over which we are powerless, and which provokes compulsiveness and obsessiveness. Anything we feel tempted to lie about (either to ourselves or others).

any process over which we are powerless. It takes control of us, causing us to do and think things that are inconsistent with our personal values and leading us to become progressively more compulsive and obsessive' . . . 'a sure sign of addiction is the sudden need to deceive ourselves and others to lie, deny and cover up. Addiction is anything we feel tempted to lie about (1987: 18)

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