Up: [[Compulsion]] Course: The Spiritual Paradox of Addiction with Ashok Bedi for Jung Platform Created: 2022-11-27 Updated: 2025-01-18 ### Non-Addicts - recognize when they are stressed. - are able to access their feelings so have the option of feeling the pain that is part of [[The Central Feature of Addiction is Craving]]. Feeling the pain is half the battle. - use stress management techniques such as yoga or meditation in response to a pain or stress. - may want the affirmation of other people but don’t *need* it to be okay. - Are able to comfortably be in the present moment. > [!orbit] Gabor Mate > The addict dreads and abhors the present moment; she bends feverishly only towards the next time, the moment when her brain, infused with her drug of choice, will briefly experience itself as liberated from the burden of the past and the fear of the future — the two elements that make the present intolerable.