Dear Irish, It doesn't matter what you imbibe. Alcohol or other drugs, smarties, maltesers, chup-a-chups, tim-tam's or tripe. If you just can't get enough or cannot stop without going into some kind of withdrawal or craving then it's my guess that you're addicted to that particular item. What needs to be addressed is this, "We admitted we were powerless over our addiction". So this means that no matter what your poison is, once you take it, the addict within awakens and will not rest until it's appetite is sated. We can only disempower the addiction by starving it with abstinence.