We need love to survive.
We fill the void in ourselves with junk, that's why is the earth so close to hell.
Religious junk also counts.
I'm in recovery from alcohol and prescription drugs. I just got out of rehab this a.m.
and was in treatment with several young adults, men and women who were
horribly addicted to cocaine, heroin and other "street" drugs.
Without a profound spiritual experience recovery is impossible. Oh, one may abstain
from using but spiritual growth won't happen and that growth is essential to real
recovery from "self". Relapse is almost certain without belief in a higher power,
something greater than self. A life run on self will is almost certain to cause a
relapse into the hell of addiction.