Let me tell you about something very sad.

Every veterinarian knows about the phenomenon known as a "thirsty dog". It happens when a dog does not get enough water at a very crucial stage in their puppyhood. What happens is that they are always thirsty and will always drink as much water as they can from any source they find without limit. In fact, they have to be kept away from all open ended sources of water or they will drink themselves to death.

Told you it was sad.

I think these unmet emotional needs are our "thirsty dogs". When certain needs are not met at a crucial time in our childhoods, we develop a permanent hunger for that thing and getting it only helps in the short term because, like those poor dogs. the hunger remains well after the need is fulfilled.

In that sense, the need is incurable. Nobody knows how to cure a thirsty dog. Not yet, anyway. But if ever there is one, one thing will be certain :

It will not be about the dog finally getting enough water.

Because there's no such thing as enough.