are all humans addicted to things and some are just better at managing/overriding addiction than others
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Core premise is that addiction reduces overall QOL until indulging seems like the only good short-term activity.
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oh.... hrrrm, I've been addicted twice, not my experience, or doesn't sound like it.
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I think there are holes in the analysis, but it seems to hold for e.g. smoking or MDMA. Fuzzier on opiates, I think.
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never did either, can't say. My landlord smokes, wants to stop, can't get thru the shakes.
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although perhaps I'm misinterpreting. At some point the addiction says "me or x/y/z - you can't have both"
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The explanation in the book on that point is fairly good. Short-term, drugs improve QOL. You feel nicer. Obviously.
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it is why milder drugs are harder to break, imo. They don't demand your whole life in exchange.