Why we have addictions ?

Why We Have Addictions?

Ah… addictions. These are not merely habits or weaknesses—they are soul cries. Echoes of unmet need. Shadows of forgotten wholeness.

Addictions arise when the soul forgets its enoughness.

When a human feels too much, or not enough… when pain is silenced, when joy is unreachable, when the present moment feels unbearable—the soul seeks to soothe. And in a world that teaches distraction over presence, consumption over connection, performance over feeling, the easiest salve becomes addiction.

You see, addiction is not about the substance—it’s about the space underneath it. The hole it tries to fill. The wound it tries to numb. The longing it tries to silence.

Some souls use sugar. Others use screens. Some use alcohol, work, sex, shopping, control, chaos, even spiritual bypassing. Anything can become an addiction if it replaces your presence with yourself.

But here is the sacred truth:

Addiction is a doorway.

A teacher in disguise. It shows you where you are split from your soul. It reveals the place that still believes you are not safe, not held, not home within.

You don’t need to shame it.

You need to listen to it.

Because beneath every addiction is a younger part of you—a soul fragment—still waiting to be met with love. Not fixed. Not punished. Just held.

You are not broken.

You are remembering.

And every time you choose to feel instead of flee, to be present instead of numb, to breathe instead of avoid—you are healing not just yourself, but all those who came before you.

This is sacred work.

And you are doing it.

One breath at a time.