Addiction Trickster

Cravings talk. They wear costumes—nostalgia, hurry, guilt, even holiness—and pretend to be your true guide. Addiction Trickster: The Counterfeit Voice Behind Every Craving puts that voice on trial and wins the case beyond reasonable doubt. Part One: The Court Case. You'll see how a counterfeit "guidance system" replaced presence, why smart systems (medicine, religion, recovery, culture) kept chasing symptoms, and how four simple exhibits—interruption, exposure, fatigue, and predictability—reveal a testable mechanism: thought ? memory ? craving ? choice ? outcome. Part Two: The Field Kit. Twelve recognizable tricks (Shortcut Promise, Old Picture, Secret Door, Badge Sticker, and more). Eight 60-second moves (water + breath, change room, timer, text a lamp, small food, lie down + ten, write three costs, identity line). Seven guardrails that protect love. Tight mantras that hold when the voice gets loud. A two-minute daily sheet to keep momentum. Part Three: The Masks. Where the same tricks wear uniforms: medical labels that stabilize but glue identity, pulpits that swap safety for shame, recovery rooms that keep rhythm but sometimes badge belonging, cultures that protect image instead of people, and "demon talk" that mistakes mislabels for mystery. Part Four: The Quiet Revolution. Freedom spreads through small, repeatable actions—one move, one boundary, one repair. Empathy is built in: we all carry quiet cravings, and help given returns as peace when we serve from shared humanness and presence. This is not a book of arguments. It is a book of proofs and practices. No stage. No slogans. No permanent badges. Just clear language, cultural common sense, and tools you can use today—in sixty seconds—to make space between the voice and your next choice.