What is an addiction?  I like to define addictions as attachments we have formed that we find are preventing us from realizing the full potential of our relationships, our goals, our quality of life, and even our faith. 

These addictions may exhibit a physical craving for satisfaction in cases like drugs or alcohol.  They may also exhibit a craving that is harder to identify for other types of attachments.  But our body reacts is similar ways when the object of our attachment is not available.

We are usually confused by and about these attachments because we are usually comfortable with them, we probably even like the object of the attachments, whether it be alcohol or drugs, gambling, pornography, the internet, or possibly even a co-dependency or any one of a multitude of other things.

It is also true that, with addictions, the addictions is not the problem, it is only a symptom of the real issues.  Recovery from addictions requires a close look on a deeper level.  It also requires motivation to examine how these attachments are affecting the quality of one's life and to commitment to steps that will improve that quality of life.