does anyone feel that there is ritual involved in addiction? I am not talking about placing people on alters or anything like that. Ritual: is a set of actions, often thought to have symbolic value.
When I drank I had some rituals that I followed as in going to the local bars "happy hour" on the days that they had specials on the liquor I liked to drink. It was kinda like going to church in fact many of the people I used to drink with referred to the bar as church.