Emotional Rags to Spiritual Riches

Who has not had emotional rags over addiction or known someone that has experienced the emotional rags of addiction? If we were to change our thinking to possibly looking at the rags of addiction as a wake up call to something better, could it be easier to start addressing addiction and what we need to do to stop it? The only way to cure a mind altering addiction is to stop. But how? When? Can the...