Have you read part 1? Being addicted to feeding your ego is only one form of addiction, not the only. Drug addictions could start as one tries to block out feelings of unworthiness or as they try to fit in with their peers. Feelings of unworthiness are deluded in nature and are caused by unconscious beliefs that people have about themselves. They are learnt; people are not born with them. My aim is to help people become aware of these unconscious beliefs and see through their deluded nature.

The mental addictions that stem from the ego are ones such as gossiping that I mentioned to make oneself feel better. The cessation of this habit would allow for the insecurites that it was repressing to come up causing suffering. That is what makes it an addiction.