However I do believe there is a "what".
I too believe there is a "what", however, as I said above, it's not the "what" that works. What I mean is, I will not expect some program, or idea, or practice, to change me or to save me or to "work" on me, make me better etc. That is up to me and me alone. People in the throes of addiction are desperate, often looking for the holy grail, the thing, the magic bullet. They look everywhere but within. The answers are within.
and fear not...it is not necessary that we agree.