We live in a separate reality than the addict does.
We have constructs of order and society and convention,
which we sometimes fail to see as the luxuries they are.
But luxuries they indeed are.
If you were told that breathing is morally wrong, akin to
child molestation------how long could you hold your breath?
For only a little while.....but after only a few short seconds
your cerebellum will be sending out signals of distress that will
rise in urgency exponentially as a function of time.
What we call "lying" they call survival. The evil of this
is that it ties directly into the reptilian center proto brain---
a place where willpower and choice have no meaning....only
needs to be satisfied.
When this is understood ,taking behaviors or lying personally
is seen for the non sequitor it is.