Today we took a deeper look at addiction—not simply as a behavior we need to stop, but as a pattern involving impaired control, changes in reward and motivation, tolerance, withdrawal, and the increasingly difficult cycle of trying to stop. We’ll explore what happens beneath the behavior, how these patterns can become connected to identity and desire, and what may be keeping the cycle in place even when part of you desperately wants to change. We also worked with practical exercises to help you recognize the function of the pattern, create space between the urge and the action, and begin separating who you are from the pattern itself.