Let's Find out the Root Cause of Addiction!

She-rah: "You praise and reward a boy with a cookie when he has learned something after his effort and this causes the release of dopamine in the child's brain making him feel happy." (Quote from She-rah's hub)

BeiYin: I think the most important is the praising that releases the 'dopamine' and that makes this person feel good, not the cookie because it contains sugar, although this might be another chemical reason to feel good. So it is the attention and acknowledgment that is received and so the person feels accepted in ones existence and so is *experiencing* ones existence. All people urge for this feeling and they force themselves and do most efforts to realize all those from this society set up goals to be happy, to feel their existence in a positive way. The problem is that there is a big discrepancy between the dreams people try to realize and the daily reality and so people are frustrated and disappointed when struggling and not being able to get the needed satisfaction that produces the dopamine. Then, out of the urge to feel and experience their existence in the desired way, they fulfill this with the help of substances that produce the necessary dopamine and then become addicted. That's the reason why alcohol and tobacco are consumed to such an extreme and are part of the accepted habits in this society, even though every body knows the damage is done. The same society that has given the goals that produce the need to take these substitutes. So one could come to the idea, that the same people who sell those addiction making products have set up those goals that establish the constant need then to use their products. Indeed, within this very complex system one wheel drives another one and people seem to be just the combustible.

There is nothing that not can become an addiction!

Of course shopping, gambling, sex or food can be addictive. Let us look in detail to all of these options: Shopping gives satisfaction because as a potential client one gets all attention, then one feels good in the new high fashion expensive outfit, but only for a short time, then one must go shopping again, if there is not enough money then maybe a drink will do the same. When gambling the excitement gives a strong feeling of existence and when winning this feeling goes up and lifts the winner into the utmost height. When loosing, the suffering might push the gambler into the dark mud of his feelings, but even though, it gives the feeling of existence... Sex gives even more excitement, the man feels superior and at the top of the world, but only for a moment and then he comes down, so he strives for more and find even more exciting ways. Eating is the most common way to find satisfaction stimulating ones senses and filling up the stomach.

Obviously the world is ruled by addicted people!

But there is a multitude more ways to satisfy ones need to feel ones existence: Having power to dominate others and manipulating the happening all around. That is connected with making money in abundance and there is no limit in it...

What is done for addicted people?

Many of those people who can't succeed to get satisfaction through all the established ways in our society, to be able to get the dopamine for their brain by being successful, are becoming addicted to stimulating substances. For those there are addiction rehabs, detox drug rehabs, drug addiction treatment programs, addiction intervention, drug free rehabs, etc. But for those, who are addicted to the in daily life available ways, that are part of our common life style, there are no programs, not even any information available to overcome their addiction that not only often ruins their life but has dramatically consequences for our whole humanity...

Without question - there can't be an answer!

We know now, what causes addictions, but is there a question how to get out of all those addictions? People suffer not being successful and getting satisfaction by reaching their goals, but mostly they don't ask for an alternative way. Being disappointed and suffering, even being in a constant state of depression, seems to be part of common life conditions...

Is there an alternative way to find satisfaction and joy by experiencing ones existence? Indeed there is. Not the way about Karl Marx said: "Religion is the food for the poor!" But something else that let us experience our existence not depending on any thing that we add by doing or having. Is there any question about it? Is the need strong enough and there has been enough suffering, then there might come doubts and out of this essential and existentially questions.

Let us all together find out the root cause of addiction!

Don't we all want to find *real sense* in life? Don't we all want to *heal* ourselves? Don't we all want to find *peace* without the need to fight constantly for it? Don't we want to feel good and *enjoy life* and ourselves without depending from the outside? So let us find out about it all together: Make your comments and questions! Isn't that exciting? - And by the way: I'm convinced that this is the only way that we can realize and live these findings, because then these are ours and we can *live* them in our daily life, not as a belief, a dream, a beautiful spiritual concept, but as a *realized* part of ourselves! We can *be* it! Even the best writings couldn't make this happen! So let's do it!

PS: I am disappointed about the lack of dynamic, engagement and motivation of people here at HubPages. I see it as reality that I need to accept. Why it should be different here than every where else... It seems to me, that nobody wants to be touched in ones precious established concepts and beliefs. Every body only wants to be confirmed in ones selfimage. That's not my game and I'm thinking about to leave this place. But maybe I will just stay with a few hubs, at least to be present in case some body has a question... But I will not make any more comments. I thought that we could find out the root cause together, but I see now that this was an illusion. I will dive and find the answer within myself...

PPS: The strongest addiction and the most common, is the addiction to find confirmation for ones personality and the fake reality that is created by them. All are addicted to this common game and do every thing to hold on it. There seems no way that people get out of it and even endless suffering or the best teaching how to get out of it, will have an effect. All prefer to stay in their personal drama! That would be a joke if it wouldn't be so sad... Seeing the solution, I still refuse to give up, but now I just will wait that some body might ask, coming from ones desperate need to get out of the straitjacket of personality, then of course I will answer...