Addiction is hard to escape. It claims many lives, and those who do get out alive are bruised and scarred, and will never be the same. Most addiction recovery models teach that an addict can never recover. But that's not the whole story.

Our culture’s language tells us that there are good addictions like exercise, healthy diet, or work - and there are bad ones like drugs, alcohol, and gambling. That isn’t the whole story. When we look at what addiction really is, the comparison doesn’t add up.