God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
The Bible has a different view of how we first get involved in addictions. Instead of explaining the overpowering urge for [something] as a disease, the Bible talks about our motivations and desires, forces so powerful that they can take over our lives. The Bible says that we first choose our addictions, and only then do our addictions choose us.
Edward Welch
Bible – Greek OT (Septuagint/LXX) 1 Timothy Chapter 2:1-15.