Addiction is never an escape from responsibility for our choices and our actions, but it does affect our brains like a disease that is difficult to control.

Addiction changes the way your brain works and affects your ability to control impulses. That is one of the reasons quitting can seem so impossible.

When you are addicted to a substance or behavior, your brain sends out unhealthy signals, making you believe that something harmful is okay because it makes you feel good for a time.