An addiction is a disease process characterized by the continued use of a specific psychoactive substance despite physical, psychological or social harm. An addict often makes false promises, not because they are doing it on purpose, but because they almost always break them because the addiction is so strong. Since they believe that their promise will go through, they can be very convincing, for example: "I know I've said this before - and I know …showed first 75 words of 621 total…

…showed last 75 words of 621 total…addict is plunged into a negative hedonic state that may last days, weeks, or even months. Addiction is nothing but a miscarried and often tragic attempt on the part of an individual who does not feel good to feel better. This is why it is so hard for addicts to realize that they need to stop, and why they keep going through an endless cycle of trying to quit, and then starting back up again.