Nobody wakes up one day and decides they want to be an addict. It usually happens through a repetitive process of escaping yourself. You drink to escape your thoughts. You use drugs to escape your emotions. You scroll to escape boredom. You chase sex, validation, work, food, money, attention, or whatever gives you a temporary break from having to sit with yourself. And eventually, the escape becomes the lifestyle. But here's the part nobody wants to hear: You can only run from yourself for so long. Because eventually, you have to come back. And when you do, you'll realize something painful: You can't build and run at the same time. You can't spend your entire life escaping who you are and expect to somehow build a life you actually love living. At some point, you have to stop asking, "What can I use to make myself feel better?" And start asking: "What am I running from?" Because the goal isn't to build a life you constantly need to escape from. The goal is to build a life...