The Buddha once famously and very wisely said: “People are not addicted to drugs or alcohol; they are addicted to escaping reality.” This cannot be truer of the world that we live in. Whether we accept it or even realize it or not, all of us are, in one way or another, addicted to someone or something. We all like to believe that there is something, a particular essence in that thing, that gets us addicted to it. We cannot be more wrong. From my experience, addiction is the result of the way the brain is wired. As human beings, we are wired to have some kind of addiction. While how the addiction translates can be different for different people, the fact here is that everyone does experience it. It can come in the form of substance abuse, excessive use of sugary foods, sex – addiction, smoking, and so on – but it does affect you sooner or later in life. As surprising as it may sound, even codependency is a form of addiction; we become dependent on someone because the feeling of dependency provides us with a certain kind of pleasure. Most of us are unable to notice it because it is all in our brains, but this explains why we are unable to survive two days without the person we are dependent on or why it is so hard to break away from the cycle of dependency. At least, most of us think this way that it is impossible for us to break this cycle. You must be wondering how I know so much about this and why you should listen to me. Let’s deal with the first question first. My understanding of human behavior is based on observation of my own self first and then that of others. The one thing that my experiences and observations have taught me is that we are all wired for addiction. Now, as for the question of why you should listen to me – everything I say, share, or tell you, is coming from experience, and we can all agree that experience is the best teacher, and whatever it teaches us is always genuine and true.