How do you get to the underlying issues? An addiction is a layer of defense. It keeps you distracted from those underlying issues. If you remove part of it, yo

How do you get to the underlying issues? An addiction is a layer of defense. It keeps you distracted from those underlying issues. If you remove part of it, you're not "fixing the problem and patting yourself on the back", you're getting a break from it in order to better look at those underlying issues from a distance.