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Many of us are prey to Addictive Behaviors, which we know run contrary to our deeper interests, but which we find ourselves entirely unable to desist from at key moments. Let's pick three of these bulimia, porn addiction and alcoholism. We will appreciate as soon as we come out of the tunnel of addiction, that we have neglected our interests and harmed ourselves. And yet we are at a loss as to what we might do. What if anything could help?

One kind of answer is this, we should try to notice when the desire to regurgitate food, or watch porn or drink strikes us. Though this might sound strange, those in the grip of addictions seldom do notice. They don't pay much attention to what is immediately happened before their desire strike. It doesn't occur to them that anything has. And yet, if they did look into themselves and study the answers very carefully, they would have an important weapon with which to escape the downward spiral. And that's because to make another generalization, before there is ever an addictive behavior, there is always a moment of feeling bad, very, very bad about something.