All of us are swimming in an ocean of deliberately engineered temptations, from the morning muffin at Starbucks to the gardening simulator we play on the Web at work to our nightly prescription for sleeplessness. For most of us, it’s not heroin, but that’s not the point: Wanting can lead to liking can lead to more wanting can lead to compulsion, which can be anywhere from trivial to lethal.
This view scores some important points against the concept of addiction as disease. Although it’s taken as gospel by many, claiming that the disease model reduces the role of personal choice inherent in the addictive cycle and ignores the large number of people who wrestle with addictive substances and move on of their own volition to kick the habit.
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