Hypothesis On Mental Needs:
We are all addicts, every soul in existence. There is no functional creature of conscience able to independently traverse the natural order of his, her or its life without maintaining some degree of addiction to any number of stimuli, regardless of the degree of benefit perceived of such stimuli.
Without predictable results to decisive action, every experience is essentially new, thereby requiring consideration and significant intellectual resource. Famed Greek philosopher Socrates is credited with having uttered, "The unexamined life is not worth living;" while such dictum may be founded upon sound rationale, it is also a relevant note that the opposing possibility, the overexamined life, is also not worth living, and perhaps the overexamined life is indeed unlivable. It follows, therefore, that in favor of a less mentally taxing, moderately examined life of sane functionality, it is necessary for creatures of conscience to develop useful habits based on perceived benefits to such habits. Such habits may, however, due to free will, become full-blown addictions, especially in such cases as the perceived benefits to the habits in question are overwhelming.
Conclusively, addictions are borne of habits, and habits are borne of necessary decisive actions, which are borne of simply existing, therefore, addictions are necessary and are inherently good. Addiction is a good thing. The stimuli to which we inevitably become addicted -- they are the difference between good and bad, as in the case of a doctor addicted to medical research compared to a vagrant addicted to smoking crack cocaine.
