" What I think is my will power is controlled by this need. There is no independent willpower. The fact is that whatever's driving it, is driving me - they have driverless cars now don't they? Well I'm one of them.
If I had some enemy to stand up to then okay, but that's not the way it is. My compulsion to drink decides what I'm going to think and want, which is alcohol. There's no arm wrestling going on, no looking in the eyes of the enemy. I am the enemy. "
Exactly how I used to think, pretty sure the term is terminal uniqueness.
Reading and learning about RR/AVRT changed my perspective 180 degrees on addiction , its driving force , the role "I" play in all of that .
Have you checked out the threads in the Secular Forum here on SR , in them you will find the exact counter arguments to your quoted statements above.