I identify with this addictive personality reference . I think it manifests itself in normal life by being obsessive about things . It's why I have a reputation at work of getting things done as I just can't let anything go until I know it's complete and on time , also I guess why after leaving school at 15 without honours I developed an interest in military history , so studied it for 20 years till I was of professor level for knowledge ( but with no qualification of course ) . I always swapped one addiction for another . I'm trying to obsess about good things now . Saving money , staying healthy . No doubt I'll overdo it and take it a step too far . I'm still finding singling out the addiction portion of my brain and targeting it a great help . It's like Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes stories . It's in the shadows and hard to pin down , but I know it's there so focus on starving it ... I guess I am obsessing over it ? Using my addictive personality to defeat addiction