People have this idea that addictive substances and habits are the sole reason for an addiction, and that the problem will be fixed if you take away the obvious

People have this idea that addictive substances and habits are the sole reason for an addiction, and that the problem will be fixed if you take away the obvious symptom, but there are usually other factors involved. Taking away the centre of someone's life is really bad because it leaves them in exactly the same state they were in when they developed the addiction, minus the (harmful) coping mechanism.