JN 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

There is one big lie that many of us battle with when we are struggling to overcome our addiction and it is: "If I get rid of my addiction, then I will be less happy, and life will become more stressful without it". On the surface we can say, if I get rid of my addiction there will be less problems, but inside that is not how we really feel. You see, when the withdrawal symptoms start, or we feel that old chemical imbalance gnawing at us, it reinforces the psychological need to keep it in our life. Plus life just feels scarier without being able to grab onto some kind of tangible pleasure security when things get tough. The power of addiction is mostly in our mind, not in our body.

Now for the truth. Most of our addiction is just being driven by fear, nothing more. There really is no legitimate need to have a bunch of chemicals surging through our body to face life. Your best state will always be your most natural state. But for many of us when we were young our natural state was anything but peaceful. It was very scary and very stressful. But once you get through the withdrawals for a few months and see that you really are more physically happier without your addiction, and once you see that life can actually be faced better without your security idols, then you will realize that all you have really been battling are lies so living in the truth sets you free.

JN 8:32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."