[Hot Tabasco]

one is within your power to control and the other is not.

Huh????? We're talking about addiction here......Which addiction is within your power to control and which is not? Sorry but you're not making any sense........

[Lizavetta]

I guess I wasn't clear. There are behaviors which some people call addiction ... and others call choosing not to try to overcome a psychological dependency, which is without a doubt a difficult thing to do.

I believe the power of the mind, when one truly wants to conquer something, can do it. Cigarettes, food, alcohol, coke, whatever.

It seems these days anything that is hard to beat is labeled an "addiction", which relieves the "addicted" of responsibility, like they are helpless. That's what I was disagreeing with.