10. Am I Addicted?

Question 1

How does Sara want you to define addiction?

Answer 1

You get to define what addiction means to you.

Question 2

What does Sara think about how LDS people use the word addiction?

Answer 2

They use it too much.

Question 3

What is Sara’s definition of addiction?

Answer 3

Habit is severe enough to keep you from living a normal, functioning life (no job, no school, no normal relationship).

Question 4

How does thinking you’re addicted make you feel?

Answer 4

Hopeless and out of control.

Question 5

What aspect of the 12 steps does Sara question for those who still live normal lives with the habit?

Answer 5

The “I am powerless to this” aspect.

Question 6

What were my personal thoughts about the “I am powerless” aspect of 12 steps?

Answer 6

It’s accurate, but only in my current state. I can learn to overcome it. I am not powerless forever.

Question 7

What’s the most important thing in how you define your habit?

Answer 7

Define it in whatever way helps you the most.

Question 8

Who you think you are is who you…

Answer 8

Become.

Question 9

What example does Sara use to question our use of the word habit?

Answer 9

“If you went to the gym once a month, would you call it a gym habit?”