PR 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

When we are involved in an addiction it becomes so big in our minds and its importance and value gets so hugely overinflated and exaggerated in our heads; but the truth is, once you get away from that addiction for a good while, you then realize that it really wasn't as important, or as big of a deal as you thought. As a matter of fact, in time you may actually even despise that addiction and not want to be around it anymore. Cleantime brings clarity.

Breaking the psychological importance and mental hold of an addiction over you happens after you get through the withdrawal period, so all of the fear and dread that we feel before and during our initial quitting period is not really that real. We are actually just pretty insane when we are practicing an addiction because we are seeing through fear-tinted glasses. But once you are free for a while that huge giant of an addiction just becomes a puny little ant.

We cling to addictions so tightly because it is a tangible, controllable, form of protection and pleasure, that we make an idol of because we are looking to it to meet needs that God is really intended to meet. But addiction is a liar, it just gives you the illusion of protection and pleasure while it feeds you back three times as much pain. Give yourself time after you quit to become sane and rational again, and you will then see that it was all in your head.

1SA 12:21 Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.