Look! I think he has done it on purpouse! ;)
I'm a technocrat (Hello!) and I would say that an addiction is like a wrong turn on a right way. A human being is naturally looking for a bliss experience and it is easy to make a mistake if a bandwidth of bio-information in a process of self-realization is not satisfactory enough.
I think you are on to something here.
No way am I giving up my Whiskey and Bacon!!! Damn you! Damn you to hell, Illuminati!!