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    %ROOT ADDICT RESPECT DESIRE COVET POWER CONTROL 930201

     The  roots of addictions are woven tightly  into  the
fabric  of  the  society  which  has  become  systemically
addictive.   In such a society the young people are taught
in systemic ways to respect,  desire, covet, seek and bond
to the power to be in control.  Young people are taught to
tie their self-respect  to their attainment of such power.
Pride  is tied to winning,  getting to the top,  being the
best,   achieving perfection,  not making  mistakes.   The
people who are  respected  are the people who appear to be
in control.  People who do not appear to be in control  of
some things, possessions,   persons,  or processes are not
respected.   Love  and security are not gifts;   they  are
possessions to be achieved, earned, paid for, etc.

     The  high  costs  of  addictive  behaviors  cannot be
reduced by any war on drugs because the war-like behaviors
of such wars are themselves addictive behaviors. Such wars
are   addictive  attempts  to  control  what   cannot   be
controlled.  People who covet the power to be  in  control
seek  only to appear to wage such wars against  addictions
which  are rooted in the coveting of the power to  control
what  cannot  be  controlled.   The  whole  process  lacks
personal and communal integrity!

     To   deal  wisely  with  addictions  and   supportive
codependents we need to understand the nature of the roots
of addiction. In an addictive society the young people are
taught in systemic ways to respect, desire, covet and seek
the power to appear to be in control.  The overt  forms of
addiction  are  but manifestations of the ideas and values
which are woven into the fabric of the society in terms of
what young  people are taught to respect,  desire,  covet,
seek and bond to.  The overt disintegrative manifestations
cannot be eliminated without dealing honestly with that of
which they are manifestations.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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