While my own locus for addiction resides in my very own body, my understanding of the vast contextual panorama of human addiction derives from my decades-long study of astrological and other cycles. As Below — So Above! As Within — So Without! Never the twain shall not meet!
I’ve posted this essay before, but it seems called for again, now.
A Metaphysical Approach to Addiction (1987)
Oh, and if you want the nitty gritty as to how I finally did manage to stop smoking cigarettes — here it is, another re-post.