The Lie of Addiction

BLOG POST BY: Jack Alan Levine

The great lie of addiction is that addiction makes you believe you are better off with the addiction than without it. For instance, if you are addicted to drugs and alcohol, the addiction has convinced you that your life is better with drugs and alcohol than without them. In many […]The great lie of addiction is that addiction makes you believe you are better off with the addiction than without it. For instance, if you are addicted to drugs and alcohol, the addiction has convinced you that your life is better with drugs and alcohol than without them.

In many cases, the addiction has convinced you that you need it to survive, that it is your life saver, your friend and that it exists to help you. It makes you believe it gives energy, and it is the one who understands you and is on your side unconditionally. This is a lie. The truth is addiction seeks to steal, kill and destroy your life.

In many cases, the addiction has convinced you that you need it to survive, that it is your life saver, your friend and that it exists to help you.

It is much like a rapist looking to attract a child into his car with candy, dangling the candy, telling the child the candy is free and it’s especially for him. Then, when the child gets close, the rapist captures the child and does unspeakable things to him. Addiction seeks to do the same to you. It wants to gain control of your life, and, usually, it does just this.

Feeding your addiction becomes the single focus, primary importance, and number one objective of your life. We constantly think about how to satisfy, engage and fulfill our addiction. Addiction is almost always disastrous. It causes a loss of your real identity and physical, financial, relational and spiritual consequences that cause severe harm and often irreparable damages to the addict and his family, friends and acquaintances. In many cases, it leads to jail or death, if left untreated.

The addiction makes the addict believe everyone is against her, they don’t understand her, and they don’t appreciate and love her. The addiction wants you to believe it is your friend and your defender. It’s a lie! Nothing could be further from the truth. Addiction is evil. The great attribute of a good liar is they make you believe they are telling the truth. If it were obvious that someone was lying, then you would not believe them. You addiction is a great liar. That is why it is described as a cunning, baffling and insidious disease. It creeps up on you. It’s like a time release capsule, you think it’s having no effect and then it knocks you on your ass, and you are not able to get up off the ground. This is the great lie of addiction.

The good news is there is truth, and you can have it, but you must CHOOSE it. You can overcome and have victory over addiction, your life will certainly be better without it than with it. As a matter of fact, with it you have no life at all. These are facts and circumstances that many addicts have learned the hard way, and we share with you today as a history lesson and a reminder and a warning for everyone currently struggling with addiction. It is quicksand, and it will suck you in and drown you and bury you. You must choose to seek the way out. There is help if you choose it and THIS IS THE TRUTH!

Jack Alan Levine, Addiction Expert, Father, Author & Businessman