@keithj Thanks for your input. I've read that alcoholism is heavy drinking + obsession. The mind of an addict. Put down alcohol others pop up. Gotta quit smoking, now I'm mainlining sugar, blowing money, sex addiction ... someone once said to me "I'm in so many 12 Step programs I'm surprised I only have two parents".
The insanity is extraordinary. My experience: I had quit smoking 15 years earlier and went to Florida to stay with a friend for a few days. Had forgotten that he's a smoker but once there, decided to have a few. Roughly three per day. After four days back home I realized I hadn't even thought about cigarettes. My first thought: oh great, I'll go out and buy a pack.
That's the sanity of addiction.