2. Addiction is not personal growth. The monotonous, imitative, ritualistic, compulsive,

  1. Addiction is not personal growth.
    The monotonous, imitative, ritualistic, compulsive, and obsessive routines of active addiction render us incapable of responsive or meaningful thought and action. Personal growth is creative effort and purposeful behavior; it presupposes choice, change, and the capacity to face life on its own terms.